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PithonAisne

A town of 78 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.

Is Pithon a good place to live?

Pithon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Pithon stand out

The one thing Pithon does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Pithon

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame et la crypte, in Ham, 1.2 mi away.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pithon.

Who lives here

Children make up only 12% of Pithon, fewer than in Aisne’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Pithon comes below both Aisne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). 35% of residents are 65 or over.

53median age
PithonAisne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat27%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pithon
PithonAisne medianFrance median
Under 1512%18%17%
15–247.7%12%11%
25–4422%22%23%
45–6424%26%26%
65+35%23%22%
No diploma21%31%19%
CAP or BEP36%27%26%
Baccalauréat27%17%18%
Higher education15%18%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Pithon are out of work than in Aisne’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.9%

For Pithon, that is below both Aisne’s towns (20.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Pithon has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0 per worker.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving100%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Pithon, 0 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

83.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 3.4 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the lycées within 5 km of Pithon, 68.0% passed the bac, below both Aisne’s towns (90.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

83.6%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Pithon83.6%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Pithon68.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollègeCollège9374%−3 pts
Lycée professionnel Jean-Charles PeltierNearest lycéeVocational lycéeVocational lycée5368%−11 pts
Collège Notre-Dame PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège7995%+11 pts
68%
passed the vocational bac, −11 pts against the expected rate
83.6%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +3.4 pts against the expected rate
0.9 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Pithon is €10.02/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.02/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pithon€10.02/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aisne median€10.23/m²
€10.02/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.16 to €12.31/m² a month)
€7.63/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 Pithon

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Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Pithon

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pithon yet.

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Pithon’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 →
HamGauchyChaunySaint-QuentinTergnierBeautorHamGauchyChaunySaint-QuentinTergnierBeautorPithon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pithon78—————
Ham Somme4,3781DA−D−D
Gauchy5,1839.5DBCD−
Chauny11,59611DB+DD
Saint-Quentin52,81311DBD−D
Tergnier13,04511DA−DD
Beautor2,57913C−A−C−D−

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

About Pithon

Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Pithon is a commune of 78 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Est de la Somme. 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
78 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Est de la Somme
Département
Aisne (02)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
0.9 sq mi (2.4 km²)
INSEE code
02604

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.