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In Aisne, Hauts-de-France, this town has 2,050 residents.
On schools it is strong — brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. It is strong on walkability as well — 97% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 11% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,527/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes du Val de l'Aisne.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Vailly-sur-Aisne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Vailly-sur-Aisne 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.
Vailly-sur-Aisne has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Vailly-sur-Aisne does most differently from other towns.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Vailly-sur-Aisne counts 2 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1889.
The list names few of Vailly-sur-Aisne’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle de la carrière de Rouge-Maison: Photo: Enrevseluj · CC BY-SA 4.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vailly-sur-Aisne.
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. Adjusted mortality in Vailly-sur-Aisne: 113 deaths for every 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 285 residents of Vailly-sur-Aisne died, against 229 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 25% more. The nearest emergency department to Vailly-sur-Aisne is Ch Soissons, 8.5 mi away.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
13.7% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 10.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €23,580 a year per consumption unit.
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 brevet pass rate near Vailly-sur-Aisne is 89.0%, above Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%). The nearest general lycée is 8.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Alan SeegerNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 54 | 89%+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.
The estimated advertised rent is €10.38/m² a month, close to Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 68 houses and apartments changed hands in Vailly-sur-Aisne from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.95/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,555/m² | 65 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
19% of adults hold a degree, close to Aisne’s towns (18%) and below compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. Vailly-sur-Aisne has a median age of 48.6 years.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Vailly-sur-Aisne | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.3% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
5.4% of homes were built before 1919. Among the classé monuments in Vailly-sur-Aisne is Chapelle de la carrière de Rouge-Maison. Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Vailly-sur-Aisne’s tally for 2025: 20 recorded offenses. Graded property crimes ran at 8.1 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 4.7 (2023–2025 average). In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes locally.
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, sexual 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, 28.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
One notable person was born in Vailly-sur-Aisne.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Vailly-sur-Aisne is a commune of 2,050 people in the Communauté de communes du Val de l'Aisne. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vailly-sur-Aisne | 2,050 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Crouy | 3,049 | 7.3 | B− | B− | A− | C− |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain | 2,616 | 7.7 | B | B− | A− | C− |
| Belleu | 3,659 | 8.8 | B− | C+ | A− | D− |
| Soissons | 28,046 | 9 | C+ | C+ | C− | B |
| Fismes Marne | 5,850 | 10 | C− | B+ | C+ | D |
| Laon | 24,220 | 12 | C− | B+ | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Vailly-sur-Aisne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 82% 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 Vailly-sur-Aisne grades B+ for cost of living.
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 November 8, 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.