Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2,578 people call this town in Aisne, Hauts-de-France home.
Safety is its strong suit — an average of 1.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homes are affordable (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. What holds it back is health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. School results trail most towns: bac results 6.3 points below the expected rate; brevet results 5.1 points above the expected rate. The overall grade comes out at A−, #1 of 23 in Aisne. On that grade it does better than 83% of compared French towns. The rest of its grades are middling: B− for jobs & income and B for walkability.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Athies-sous-Laon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Athies-sous-Laon with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Athies-sous-Laon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Vaux-sous-Laon, in Laon, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Athies-sous-Laon. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Laon4.3 km west, in Laon
Art galleryMusée d'Art et d'Archéologie de Laon4.2 km west, in LaonAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean de Laon4.5 km west, in LaonAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré du Val-des-Écoliers4.2 km west, in LaonFortFortCitadelle de Laon4 km west, in LaonPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Athies-sous-Laon.
No compared town in Aisne has less graded crime per resident than Athies-sous-Laon: it ranks first of 23. In all, 26 offenses reached the police record locally in 2025. More of the graded crimes in the town were theft from vehicles than anything else (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 18.7% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,479/m², above Aisne’s towns (€1,167/m²) but below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 79 homes in Athies-sous-Laon.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,479/m² | 79 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Athies-sous-Laon has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Aisne: 83.2 years for women and 77.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 209 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 227: 8% below.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Athies-sous-Laon, 84.4% of collège pupils passed the brevet, close to Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 67% of 98 candidates passed the bac pro. School results put the town #16 of 24 in Aisne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège CharlemagneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 136 | 79%+6 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Pierre MéchainNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 162 | 97%−1 pt |
| Collège La Providence PrivateBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 59 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €25,840 a year per consumption unit, above Aisne’s towns (€20,680) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Athies-sous-Laon: 650, for 1,150 residents in work (0.6 each). At the census, 5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
A quarter of adults hold a degree. Ages in Athies-sous-Laon split evenly at 44.9: half are older, half younger. Children under 15 make up 17%, near both Aisne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%).
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Athies-sous-Laon | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Athies-sous-Laon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Athies-sous-Laon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athies-sous-Laon | 2,578 | — | A− | A− | A | C+ |
| Laon | 24,220 | 2.6 | C− | B+ | D− | C− |
| La Fère | 2,796 | 15 | C− | A− | D− | D− |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne | 2,792 | 16 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Beautor | 2,579 | 16 | C− | A− | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #1 of 23 in Aisne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 7 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #16 of 24 in Aisne. 97% of 162 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Pierre Méchain in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Athies-sous-Laon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Athies-sous-Laon is a commune of 2,578 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Pays de Laon. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. 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.