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A town of 1,745 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
La Capelle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 1.6 jobs per working resident; 19.9% unemployment. At the median price of €839/m², a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Thiérache du Centre. Its strongest is walkability (A): 88% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% 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 2 things La Capelle does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Capelle 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 La Capelle as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Englancourt, 6.7 mi away.
21% 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 La Capelle.
17.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 19.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, La Capelle records 103 deaths per 100 expected, below Aisne’s towns (110) but above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 339 residents of La Capelle died, against 226 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 50% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €839/m², close to Aisne’s towns (€1,167/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €839/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 35 offenses in the graded categories in La Capelle in 2025. Violence against people ran at 11.2 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.6 (2023–2025 average). For family 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, 14.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
La Capelle sits close to Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and below compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre SellierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 83%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
That puts La Capelle below both Aisne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 28% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| La Capelle | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in La Capelle is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in La Capelle.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Capelle | 1,745 | — | — | A− | C | C− |
| Wignehies Nord | 2,804 | 4.8 | C− | A | C− | D− |
| Fourmies Nord | 11,449 | 6.5 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Anor Nord | 3,099 | 8.3 | C+ | A− | B+ | D− |
| Hirson | 8,469 | 8.4 | C− | A− | D− | D |
| Sains-du-Nord Nord | 2,755 | 9 | C− | A− | C+ | D |
| Trélon Nord | 2,604 | 9.9 | D | B+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade B+, better than 69% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.61/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so La Capelle grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
La Capelle is a commune of 1,745 people in the Communauté de communes de la Thiérache du Centre. 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.