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In Aisne, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,348 residents.
Aulnois-sous-Laon’s strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add health to its strengths: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D): 0.4 jobs per working resident; 12.1% unemployment. It is hard to get around without a car (C−): 71% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Aulnois-sous-Laon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Aulnois-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.
Aulnois-sous-Laon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Aulnois-sous-Laon does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Aulnois-sous-Laon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1927.
Aulnois-sous-Laon has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Ancien château féodal: Photo: Phinou · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aulnois-sous-Laon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,276/m²: 33 houses and apartments sold in Aulnois-sous-Laon between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.96/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,276/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 12.1%. Half of residents lived on more than €24,480 a year per consumption unit, between Aisne’s towns (€20,680) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.8% of working residents in Aulnois-sous-Laon didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Aisne: 83.2 years for women, 77.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 90 deaths in Aulnois-sous-Laon between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 112: 20% below. The nearest emergency department to Aulnois-sous-Laon is Ch Laon, 3.4 mi away.
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 A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century. 6.3% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Aisne’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Residents of Aulnois-sous-Laon have a median age of 43.7.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Aulnois-sous-Laon | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Aulnois-sous-Laon yet.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Aulnois-sous-Laon is a commune of 1,348 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aulnois-sous-Laon | 1,348 | — | — | A | — | B+ |
| Laon | 24,220 | 3.4 | C− | B+ | D− | C− |
| Athies-sous-Laon | 2,578 | 4.4 | A− | A− | A | C+ |
| La Fère | 2,796 | 11 | C− | A− | D− | D− |
| Beautor | 2,579 | 12 | C− | A− | C− | D− |
| Tergnier | 13,045 | 14 | D | A− | D | D |
| Chauny | 11,596 | 18 | D | B+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aulnois-sous-Laon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,276/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aulnois-sous-Laon grades A for cost of living.
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.