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Some 1,436 people live in this town, in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The median home sells for €842/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Étreux 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.
The one thing Étreux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Étreux 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.
Étreux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Étreux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Familistère Godin, in Guise, 6.6 mi away.
14% 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 Étreux.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Aisne, women can expect to live 83.2 years and men 77.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 162 deaths in Étreux between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 119: 36% above. The nearest emergency department to Étreux is Smur Ch Saint Quentin Guise, 6.6 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Étreux can choose among 4 GPs.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 40 homes in Étreux.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €842/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 16%, below both Aisne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up a quarter of residents. Residents of Étreux have a median age of 45.9.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Étreux | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 12% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
20.4% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €22,200 a year per consumption unit, between Aisne’s towns (€20,680) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Étreux 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 Étreux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étreux | 1,436 | — | — | A− | — | D− |
| Guise | 4,490 | 6.7 | C | A | C− | D− |
| Landrecies Nord | 3,407 | 8.9 | C | A+ | C− | D |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis Nord | 6,764 | 9.1 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois | 5,605 | 9.3 | C+ | A+ | D | D− |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 11 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Caudry Nord | 13,833 | 14 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Étreux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Étreux grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Étreux is a commune of 1,436 people in the Communauté de communes Thiérache Sambre et Oise. 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.