Find your town in Aisne
Aisne has 797 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 24 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 67 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Aisne is like
The median ranked town in Aisne grades highest on walkability and cost of living against towns across France, and lowest on health. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
2 of 23 (9%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
Every town ranked by scoreThe full list for Aisne, with what drives each gradeDépartement report cardHow Aisne compares with France’s other départements, subject by subjectCompare two townsSide by side, subject by subjectFind a town that’s…
23 towns · ordered by Aisne rank
7 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
Towns without an overall grade
Each has its page and the subject grades it has. In France an overall grade needs a Safety Grade, and five graded subjects in all.
773 smaller towns and villages in Aisne
With the 24 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 797 communes of Aisne, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
706 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Aisne
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Aisne
What is the best place to live in Aisne?
Athies-sous-Laon ranks first of 23 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and cost of living (A−) are its strongest grades; health (C+) is its lowest. Fresnoy-le-Grand and Charly-sur-Marne follow.
How do the biggest towns in Aisne grade?
Saint-Quentin (52,813 people) grades D overall, with its best grade in walkability. Soissons (28,046 people) grades C+ overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Aisne, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Aisne on TownRatings?
Yes: all 797 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 24 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 67 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 706 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Why isn’t my town ranked?
The ranking covers towns of 2,500 or more with an overall grade. Villeneuve-sur-Aisne has no overall grade; its page shows the grades it has, and why.
Photos: Athies-sous-Laon, Havang(nl) (CC0) · Fresnoy-le-Grand, René Hourdry (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Charly-sur-Marne, Gérald Garitan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Villeneuve-Saint-Germain, Havang(nl) (CC0) · Vervins, Vincent van Zeijst (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Crouy, Havang(nl) (CC0) · Belleu, Havang(nl) (CC0) · Bohain-en-Vermandois, René Hourdry (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Soissons, Cuville Fernand (CC0) · Fère-en-Tardenois, G.Garitan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Guise, Unknown author Unknown author (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Essômes-sur-Marne, Reinhardphilippi (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Michel, Chatsam (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Beautor, Havang(nl) (CC0) · La Fère, Chatsam (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Hirson, Igmar911 (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Laon, Sea Ane (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Chauny, Gadmer Frédéric (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Tergnier, Édouard Brissy (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Villers-Cotterêts, Pymouss (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Gauchy, Havang(nl) (CC0) · Château-Thierry, Annick Bregain (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Quentin, René Hourdry (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.