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A town of 2,468 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €936/m², a 70 m² home costs 2.9 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 schools (A+): brevet results 9 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache 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 1 historic monument in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Jean Clavier, born in 1896, is the one person born in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
91.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, above both Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Colbert QuentinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 55 | 91%+9 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache’s deaths ran at 113 per 100 expected, close to Aisne’s towns (110) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 506 residents of Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache died, against 339 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 49% 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
At the census, 19.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, close to Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 17.4%. Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache has 1,800 jobs for 850 working residents, 2.1 per worker.
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.
For Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, that is below both Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €936/m², comes from 88 sales of houses and apartments in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €936/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache sits below both Aisne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (30%) on this measure. Those 65 and older account for 26% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 35% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 55 offenses in the graded categories in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache in 2025. For 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, 8.0% 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
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache above both Aisne’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache | 2,468 | — | — | A | C+ | D |
| Landrecies Nord | 3,407 | 8.5 | C | A+ | C− | D |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe Nord | 4,012 | 9.7 | C+ | A | D− | D− |
| Wignehies Nord | 2,804 | 10 | C− | A | C− | D− |
| Guise | 4,490 | 11 | C | A | C− | D− |
| Sains-du-Nord Nord | 2,755 | 11 | C− | A− | C+ | D |
| Fourmies Nord | 11,449 | 12 | D | B+ | D− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €936/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache is a commune of 2,468 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.