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A town of 5,183 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Gauchy grades D overall: better than 10% of compared French towns, and #21 of 23 in Aisne. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,341/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Saint-Quentinois. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 49% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Gauchy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gauchy 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 Gauchy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel Joly de Bammeville, in Saint-Quentin, 1.4 mi away.
1.3% 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 Gauchy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Gauchy, that is above both Aisne’s towns (110) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 560 residents of Gauchy died, against 446 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% 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.
86.9% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Gauchy, below both Aisne’s towns (90.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Schools rank #23 of 24 in Aisne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 82 | 68%−11 pts |
| Lycée Henri MartinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 240 | 91%−4 pts |
| Collège Marthe LefèvreBest against expectations: 15 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 73 | 90%+15 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 140 offenses in the graded categories in Gauchy in 2025. Violence against people ran at 5.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 22.6 (2023–2025 average). For sexual violence, 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, 1.2% of the index here.
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
15.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below Aisne’s towns (20.3%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). Gauchy has 3,100 jobs for 1,900 working residents, 1.7 per worker. 11.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,341/m², close to Aisne’s towns (€1,167/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,411/m² | 166 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
11% of residents are 15 to 24 and 24% are 65 or over, against 12% and 23% in the median compared commune of Aisne. 17% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Aisne 18%, France 30%).
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Gauchy | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Gauchy. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Antoine-Lécuyer2.8 km north, in Saint-Quentin
GardenParc d'Isle2.6 km northeast, in Saint-QuentinFortFortPorte des Canonniers2.3 km north, in Saint-QuentinAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Quentin-en-l'Isle2.2 km northeast, in Saint-QuentinMuseumMuseumMusée Motobécane2.2 km northeast, in Saint-QuentinChâteauChâteauChâteau de la Pilule4.3 km northeast, in Saint-QuentinPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Gauchy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Gauchy yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gauchy | 5,183 | — | D | B | C | D− |
| Saint-Quentin | 52,813 | 1.7 | D | B | D− | D |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 10 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Ham Somme | 4,378 | 11 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Tergnier | 13,045 | 11 | D | A− | D | D |
| Beautor | 2,579 | 12 | C− | A− | C− | D− |
| La Fère | 2,796 | 12 | C− | A− | D− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #10 of 23 in Aisne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 22 burglaries and 65 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. 91% of 240 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Henri Martin in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.19/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Gauchy grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Gauchy is a commune of 5,183 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Saint-Quentinois. 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.