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A town of 1,109 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Ognes 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 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Ognes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ognes 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 Ognes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix dite Croix aux Héros, in Camelin, 6.3 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ognes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 110 residents of Ognes died, against 104 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. At birth, a girl in Aisne can expect 83.2 years and a boy 77.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. The nearest emergency department to Ognes is Ch Chauny, 2.1 mi away.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,408/m², above Aisne’s towns (€1,167/m²) but below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 38 homes in Ognes.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,408/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Ognes, 89.4% passed the bac, near Aisne’s towns (90.1%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 0.9 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Charles PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 41 | 93%−2 pts |
| Lycée Gay-LussacNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 382 | 95%−1 pt |
| Collège Jacques CartierBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 102 | 89%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
26% of residents are 65 or over, above Aisne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. At 48, the median resident of Ognes sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Ognes | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €25,860 a year per consumption unit. Ognes holds 50 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 0.2 jobs each. Also worth knowing: at the census, 10.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Ognes. Best known first.
Nothing in Ognes 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 Ognes yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Ognes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. 95% of 382 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Gay-Lussac in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ognes grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Ognes is a commune of 1,109 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère. 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.