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A town of 2,065 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Sissonne 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 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 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 Sissonne does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sissonne 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 Sissonne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Basilique Notre-Dame, in Liesse-Notre-Dame, 4.8 mi away.
13% 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 Sissonne.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Aisne, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.2 years for women and 77.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 169 residents of Sissonne died, against 143 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 18% more. The nearest emergency department to Sissonne is Ch Laon, 12.6 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners here.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €953/m², close to Aisne’s towns (€1,167/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). 55 houses and apartments changed hands in Sissonne from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.02/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €953/m² | 55 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 20.6% of commuters got to work without a car. Unemployment stood at 14.4%, between Aisne’s towns (20.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Also worth knowing: households’ median disposable income: €20,220 a year per consumption unit. Per resident in work, Sissonne counts 1.6 jobs (1,300 jobs, 850 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 11.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège FroëhlicherNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 85 | 81%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
More of the graded crimes in Sissonne were criminal damage than anything else (2025). The 2025 count: 19 offenses here. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 6.1 cases of violence against people and 10.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 · For family violence, other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 18.1% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The share of residents under 15 is 19%. 18% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Aisne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town.
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Sissonne | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Sissonne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Sissonne.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sissonne | 2,065 | — | — | A | B+ | D− |
| Athies-sous-Laon | 2,578 | 9.3 | A− | A− | A | C+ |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne | 2,792 | 10 | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Laon | 24,220 | 12 | C− | B+ | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade C, better than 27% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sissonne grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Sissonne is a commune of 2,065 people in the Communauté de communes de la Champagne Picarde. 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.