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A town of 1,343 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Holnon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,599/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Vermandois. Its strongest is walkability (B): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% 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 one thing Holnon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Holnon 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Holnon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Camp Romain, in Vermand, 3.3 mi away.
1% 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 Holnon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Holnon’s deaths ran at 98 per 100 expected, below Aisne’s towns (110) but above compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B.
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
11.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below Aisne’s towns (20.3%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Holnon has 400 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Holnon, that is close to Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Gabriel HanotauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 57 | 95%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Holnon sits below both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. 26% of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Holnon | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 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, €1,599/m², comes from 33 sales of houses and apartments in Holnon from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €10.19/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 | €1,599/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Holnon. Best known first.
Nothing in Holnon 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 Holnon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holnon | 1,343 | — | — | B | — | C− |
| Saint-Quentin | 52,813 | 3.5 | D | B | D− | D |
| Gauchy | 5,183 | 3.9 | D | B | C | D− |
| Ham Somme | 4,378 | 9.8 | D | A− | D− | D |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand | 2,890 | 11 | A− | A | A | D− |
| Péronne Somme | 7,090 | 13 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois | 5,605 | 14 | C+ | A+ | D | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Holnon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 4.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 62% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Holnon grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Holnon is a commune of 1,343 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
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.