Global CityIntelligence

Belgium / Western Europe

Tournai City Intelligence

Tournai is one of Belgium's oldest cities in the Walloon province of Hainaut, with two UNESCO World Heritage sites and a position near the French border close to Lille. Tournai is a western europe city of about ~70K in Belgium. On the composite city-intelligence score, Tournai sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (67/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~70K
View of Tournai, Belgium

Image credit: Image: JackyM59 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Overall score

Use the Tournai profile to compare affordability, air quality, and cross-border accessibility alongside Mons, Kortrijk, and Brussels.

Overall67/100
Affordability70/100
Air quality64/100
Energy60/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

67/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Tournai data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Tournai city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score67/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living70/100Tournai's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality64/100Tournai's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy60/100Tournai's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety65/100Tournai's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed64/100Tournai's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk63/100Tournai's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience63/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety81/100
Low crime83/100
Personal safety83/100
Night safety79/100
Road safety78/100

Tournai ranks in the upper tier of our safety index (81/100), with strong personal-safety and low night-time indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life83/100
Healthcare88/100
Education84/100
Green space92/100
Cleanliness85/100
Infrastructure87/100
Mobility66/100

Tournai has a very high quality-of-life estimate (83/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness84/100
Education84/100
Green space92/100
Overall safety81/100

Tournai scores very high for family living (84/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability76/100
Walkability79/100
Cycling81/100
Infrastructure87/100

Tournai is high for remote workers (76/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability80/100
Healthcare88/100
Cleanliness85/100
Outdoor lifestyle53/100

Tournai is very high for retirement (80/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Tournai

Local public safety guidance for Tournai, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Unverified

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Tournai, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Belgium emergency profile, which currently lists no verified national contacts.

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Tournai

Healthcare context for Tournai, with national-level information from Belgium where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Tournai, see the Belgium healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Tournai

Local mobility context for Tournai, with national-level context from Belgium where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Tournai, see the Belgium transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Tournai. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Tournai

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Tournai will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Tournai air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Tournai modules

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Cost of Living in Tournai

Tournai's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Tournai

Tournai's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Tournai

Tournai's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Tournai

Tournai's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Tournai

Tournai's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Tournai

Tournai's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Tournai

Cost of living estimates for Tournai — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Tournai

Climate profile for Tournai — Oceanic climate, annual average 10.8°C, comfort score 64/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Tournai

Economy and jobs profile for Tournai — regional center, economy score 74/100, key industries including manufacturing, tourism, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Tournai

Education profile for Tournai — regional education center, education score 62/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Tournai

Source-attributed visual context for Tournai using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Tournai

Weekend trip planning checklist for Tournai — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Tournai

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Tournai

Estimate a monthly budget for Tournai using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Tournai

Plan a trip budget for Tournai using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Tournai

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Tournai. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Lille, France

Cross-border · about 24 km from Tournai. Explore Lille's city intelligence profile.

Kortrijk, Belgium

Same region · about 26 km from Tournai. Explore Kortrijk's city intelligence profile.

Valenciennes, France

Cross-border · about 29 km from Tournai. Explore Valenciennes's city intelligence profile.

Mons, Belgium

Same region · about 43 km from Tournai. Explore Mons's city intelligence profile.

Lens, France

Cross-border · about 44 km from Tournai. Explore Lens's city intelligence profile.

Ypres, Belgium

Same region · about 45 km from Tournai. Explore Ypres's city intelligence profile.

Béthune, France

Cross-border · about 54 km from Tournai. Explore Béthune's city intelligence profile.

Ghent, Belgium

Same region · about 55 km from Tournai. Explore Ghent's city intelligence profile.

Arras, France

Cross-border · about 56 km from Tournai. Explore Arras's city intelligence profile.

Aalst, Belgium

Same region · about 59 km from Tournai. Explore Aalst's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Tournai — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Tournai profile to compare affordability, air quality, and cross-border accessibility alongside Mons, Kortrijk, and Brussels. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (70/100) and safety (65/100). The area most worth watching is energy (60/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Belgium country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Tournai appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.