Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,637 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Pinon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.7 jobs per working resident; 18.9% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 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 one thing Pinon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pinon 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 Pinon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancienne église, in Aizy-Jouy, 4.2 mi away.
0.7% 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 Pinon.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Pinon records 114 deaths per 100 expected, close to Aisne’s towns (110) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 171 residents of Pinon died, against 151 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% 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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Pinon comes close to Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis SandrasNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 106 | 83%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 48 sales of houses and apartments in Pinon from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,167/m² for the median of compared towns in Aisne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,334/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For Pinon, that is below both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%).
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Pinon | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 18.9%, below Aisne’s towns (20.3%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 9.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 13 offenses in the graded categories in Pinon in 2025. For other physical 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, 37.4% 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
Nothing in Pinon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Pinon.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pinon | 1,637 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Crouy | 3,049 | 7.3 | B− | B− | A− | C− |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain | 2,616 | 8.7 | B | B− | A− | C− |
| Soissons | 28,046 | 9.4 | C+ | C+ | C− | B |
| Laon | 24,220 | 9.6 | C− | B+ | D− | C− |
| Belleu | 3,659 | 9.9 | B− | C+ | A− | D− |
| Athies-sous-Laon | 2,578 | 12 | A− | A− | A | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pinon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.5 recorded violent incidents and 5.9 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 16% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.93/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pinon grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Pinon is a commune of 1,637 people in the Communauté de communes Picardie des Châteaux. 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.