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A town of 1,122 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Prices are modest for what you get: A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 32% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 15.4% unemployment. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Safety is weaker too (C): an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 22.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior). Buironfosse 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 Buironfosse 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.
Buironfosse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Buironfosse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Englancourt, 3.5 mi away.
37% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buironfosse.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Buironfosse recorded 25 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (60 places) counts its residents as Buironfosse’s; allowing for it, deaths were 2% below expected. 220 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 134: 65% above. The nearest emergency department to Buironfosse is Smur Ch Saint Quentin Guise, 9.5 mi away. Women in Aisne live to 83.2 on average and men to 77.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
In all, 21 offenses reached the police record in Buironfosse in 2025. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (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, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 22.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Half of residents lived on more than €21,550 a year per consumption unit, close to Aisne’s towns (€20,680) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment stands at 15.4%. At the census, 6.7% of working residents in Buironfosse didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.2%. Children under 15 make up 18%, about level with both Aisne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Ages in Buironfosse split evenly at 44.6: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Buironfosse | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 36% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 13% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Buironfosse. Best known first.
Nothing in Buironfosse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Buironfosse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buironfosse | 1,122 | — | — | A− | C | C− |
| Wignehies Nord | 2,804 | 8.6 | C− | A | C− | D− |
| Vervins | 2,549 | 9.5 | B− | A− | C− | D |
| Guise | 4,490 | 10 | C | A | C− | D− |
| Fourmies Nord | 11,449 | 10 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Hirson | 8,469 | 12 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe Nord | 4,012 | 12 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Buironfosse is a commune of 1,122 people in the Communauté de communes de la Thiérache du Centre. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.