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A town of 1,733 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Cuffies has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,670/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération. Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 12.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Cuffies does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cuffies 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Cuffies as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye Saint-Léger, in Soissons, 1.2 mi away.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Cuffies. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye royale de Saint-Médard de Soissons2.5 km southeast, in Soissons
MuseumMusée de Soissons1.9 km south, in SoissonsAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-des-Vignes2.8 km south, in SoissonsAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Soissons2.3 km south, in SoissonsAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Crépin-en-Chaye1.2 km south, in SoissonsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cuffies.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Cuffies records 109 deaths per 100 expected, close to Aisne’s towns (110) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 151 residents of Cuffies died, against 138 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Cuffies comes above Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice WajsfelnerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 94 | 88%±0 pts |
| Lycée Gérard de NervalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 309 | 96%+2 pts |
| Collège Gérard PhilipeBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 98 | 78%+18 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Cuffies, that is above both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Cuffies | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 20% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,670/m², comes from 55 sales of houses and apartments in Cuffies from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €9.95/m² a month, close to Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,670/m² | 53 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18.1% of the labour force were unemployed, below Aisne’s towns (20.3%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). 10.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Cuffies has 500 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Cuffies is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cuffies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuffies | 1,733 | — | — | B | B+ | D |
| Crouy | 3,049 | 1.4 | B− | B− | A− | C− |
| Soissons | 28,046 | 1.5 | C+ | C+ | C− | B |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain | 2,616 | 2.1 | B | B− | A− | C− |
| Belleu | 3,659 | 2.6 | B− | C+ | A− | D− |
| Villers-Cotterêts | 10,489 | 15 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Chauny | 11,596 | 16 | D | B+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 96% of 309 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Gérard de Nerval in 2025, 2 points above 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 Cuffies grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Cuffies is a commune of 1,733 people in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération. 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 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.