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Le SourdAisne

It is a town of 155 residents in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.

Is Le Sourd a good place to live?

Le Sourd has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for 16% of homes.

What makes Le Sourd stand out

The one thing Le Sourd does most differently from other towns.

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Le Sourd’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Le Sourd’s story

No historic monuments in Le Sourd

The Culture ministry lists no building in Le Sourd as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Englancourt, 4.3 mi away.

71% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

Le Sourd has fewer young adults than Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.9% are 15 to 24

Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Aisne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here. Among adults, 20% have a degree.

47median age
Le SourdAisne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Le Sourd
Le SourdAisne medianFrance median
Under 1516%18%17%
15–246.9%12%11%
25–4424%22%23%
45–6428%26%26%
65+26%23%22%
No diploma21%31%19%
CAP or BEP31%27%26%
Baccalauréat21%17%18%
Higher education20%18%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Le Sourd walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 1.6%

After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,610 a year per consumption unit. A tenth of the labour force were unemployed, about level with compared French towns (10.1%) and below Aisne’s towns (20.3%). No commute at all: 9.4% of working residents in Le Sourd at the census.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Public transport2%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Le Sourd, 0.2 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,610
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Le Sourd than in Aisne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.66/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 5 homes in Le Sourd.

€9.66/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Le Sourd€9.66/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aisne median€10.23/m²
€9.66/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.79 to €11.98/m² a month)
€6.43/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Le Sourd

11pages on Le Sourd

Landmarks

Nothing in Le Sourd is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Le Sourd

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Le Sourd yet.

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Le Sourd’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Aisne →
GuiseVervinsHirsonWignehiesBohain-en-VermandoisFresnoy-le-GrandGuiseVervinsHirsonWignehiesBohain-en-VermandoisFresnoy-le-GrandLe Sourd
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Le Sourd155—————
Guise4,4906.1CAC−D−
Vervins2,5497.3B−A−C−D
Hirson8,46915C−A−D−D
Wignehies Nord2,80415C−AC−D−
Bohain-en-Vermandois5,60516C+A+DD−
Fresnoy-le-Grand2,89016A−AAD−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Le Sourd

Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Le Sourd is a commune of 155 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

Population
155 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Thiérache du Centre
Département
Aisne (02)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2.9 sq mi (7.5 km²)
INSEE code
02731

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.