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ProixAisne

A town of 146 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.

Is Proix a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Proix

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye de Bohéries, in Vadencourt, 1.2 mi away.

27% 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 Proix.

Who lives here

Proix has fewer young adults than Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24

For Proix, that is below both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). Under-15s account for 16% of the population.

43.5median age
ProixAisne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Proix
ProixAisne medianFrance median
Under 1516%18%17%
15–248.1%12%11%
25–4428%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+22%23%22%
No diploma27%31%19%
CAP or BEP35%27%26%
Baccalauréat16%17%18%
Higher education15%18%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Proix walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 0.0%

Proix sits below both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 16.2%. Proix has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Proix, 0.1 per working resident
16.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

71.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 8 points below the expected rate

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

That puts Proix below both Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

71.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Proix71.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Camille DesmoulinsNearest collègeCollègeCollège6671%−8 pts
71.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −8 pts against the expected rate
3.1 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Proix than in Aisne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.80/m² a month

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

On this, Proix is below both Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.80/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Proix€8.80/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aisne median€10.23/m²
€8.80/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.30 to €10.62/m² a month)
€7.17/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Familistère de Guise and 6 more in and around Proix

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Proix. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Proix

13pages on Proix

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Proix

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

How we find them →

Proix’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 →
GuiseFresnoy-le-GrandBohain-en-VermandoisSaint-QuentinGauchyLe Cateau-CambrésisGuiseFresnoy-le-GrandBohain-en-VermandoisSaint-QuentinGauchyLe Cateau-CambrésisProix
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Proix146—————
Guise4,4902.7CAC−D−
Fresnoy-le-Grand2,8907.4A−AAD−
Bohain-en-Vermandois5,6057.7C+A+DD−
Saint-Quentin52,81313DBD−D
Gauchy5,18314DBCD−
Le Cateau-Cambrésis Nord6,76414DA−D−D

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

About Proix

Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Proix is a commune of 146 people in the Communauté de communes Thiérache Sambre et Oise. 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
146 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Thiérache Sambre et Oise
Département
Aisne (02)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
1.4 sq mi (3.5 km²)
INSEE code
02625

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.