Fresnoy-le-Grand grades A− overall: better than 80% of compared French towns, and #2 of 23 in Aisne. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Fresnoy-le-Grand 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fresnoy-le-Grand.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Fresnoy-le-Grand sees more deaths than Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 122 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Fresnoy-le-Grand comes above both Aisne’s towns (110) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 319 residents of Fresnoy-le-Grand died, against 261 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+22%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted122
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Fresnoy-le-Grand · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Hopital Prive Saint Claude
8.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Saint Quentin
83.2 · 77.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aisne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Fresnoy-le-Grand than in Aisne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.08/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Fresnoy-le-Grand, that is below both Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €948/m², comes from 73 sales of houses and apartments in Fresnoy-le-Grand from July 2023 to June 2026.
€948/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Fresnoy-le-Grand€948/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aisne median€1,167/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€948/m²
73
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.53 to €10.96/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.60/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays du Vermandois
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
On foot, Fresnoy-le-Grand works better than 89% of compared French towns
14.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Fresnoy-le-Grand has 1,500 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 1.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,300 a year per consumption unit.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot10%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,500
jobs based in Fresnoy-le-Grand, 1.4 per working resident
17.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,300
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Fresnoy-le-Grand records less crime per resident than 89% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 37 offenses in the graded categories in Fresnoy-le-Grand in 2025. Fresnoy-le-Grand comes 2nd of the 23 compared towns in Aisne on the Safety Grade. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 16.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage28
Family violence9
Armed robbery0
Fraud15
Theft without violence6
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.
3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
9.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
37
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Fresnoy-le-Grand: 14% were built before 1919, more than in Aisne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Fresnoy-le-Grand above both Aisne’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Fresnoy-le-Grand: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Fresnoy-le-Grand is Usine textile La Filandière.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Fresnoy-le-Grand
Is Fresnoy-le-Grand safe?
It grades A for safety, #2 of 23 in Aisne.
Are schools in Fresnoy-le-Grand good?
They grade B+, better than 66% of compared French towns and #7 of 24 in Aisne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Fresnoy-le-Grand expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €948/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fresnoy-le-Grand grades A for cost of living.
About Fresnoy-le-Grand
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Fresnoy-le-Grand is a commune of 2,890 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Vermandois. 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
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.
