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A town of 1,100 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Pasly has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.1 jobs per working resident; 11.5% unemployment. At the median price of €1,900/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération. Its strongest is schools (B+): bac results 0.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 2.7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Pasly does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pasly 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 Pasly as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Maurice d'Agaune, in Vauxrezis, 1.2 mi away.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Pasly. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye royale de Saint-Médard de Soissons3.9 km southeast, in Soissons
MuseumMusée de Soissons2.8 km southeast, in SoissonsAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Jean-des-Vignes3.3 km southeast, in SoissonsAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Notre-Dame de Soissons3.1 km southeast, in SoissonsAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Crépin-en-Chaye2 km southeast, in SoissonsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pasly.
4.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 11.5% of the labour force are out of work.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Pasly is below both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 30% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Pasly | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 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, €1,900/m², comes from 42 sales of houses and apartments in Pasly from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.44/m² a month, above Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) but below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,900/m² | 42 |
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.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège LamartineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 90 | 89%±0 pts |
| Lycée Gérard de NervalNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 309 | 96%+2 pts |
| Collège Gérard PhilipeBest against expectations: 18 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 98 | 78%+18 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 92 residents of Pasly died, against 107 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A.
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
Nothing in Pasly 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 Pasly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pasly | 1,100 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Soissons | 28,046 | 1.8 | C+ | C+ | C− | B |
| Crouy | 3,049 | 2.6 | B− | B− | A− | C− |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain | 2,616 | 2.9 | B | B− | A− | C− |
| Belleu | 3,659 | 3 | B− | C+ | A− | D− |
| Villers-Cotterêts | 10,489 | 14 | D | C+ | C | C− |
| Chauny | 11,596 | 16 | D | B+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pasly has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 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 67% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 96% of 309 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Gérard de Nerval in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Pasly grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Pasly is a commune of 1,100 people in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération. 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.