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VassensAisne

A town of 172 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.

Population
172
INSEE, census 2023 · commune
Rent
€11.44
per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²
Median income
€23,400
a year per consumption unit · median of compared French towns €25,970
Walk, cycle, transit
9%
of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Vassens a good place to live?

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

What makes Vassens stand out

The one thing Vassens does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
11%2%VassensMedianSecond homes, share of all homes
Homes
11% are second homes
of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town
Source: INSEE, census 2023.
Vassens’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Vassens’ story

No historic monuments in Vassens

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Blérancourt, ancien château des Ducs de Gesvres, actuellement Musée national de la coopération franco-américaine ou Musée national des Deux-Guerres, in Blérancourt, 3.3 mi away.

20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vassens.

Who lives here

Vassens has fewer young adults than Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 9.4% are 15 to 24

In the comparison, Vassens comes below both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). 20% of residents are children under 15.

38.2median age
VassensAisne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Vassens
VassensAisne medianFrance median
Under 1520%18%17%
15–249.4%12%11%
25–4429%22%23%
45–6424%26%26%
65+18%23%22%
No diploma27%31%19%
CAP or BEP35%27%26%
Baccalauréat15%17%18%
Higher education18%18%30%
Full pageVassens’ Who lives here pageOpen the page
Ages38.2 median age · 18% are 65 or overHouseholds70 households · 2.6 people per householdBorn abroad4.1% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birthQuestions“What is the population of Vassens?”

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

Work & commute

The median disposable income in Vassens is €23,400 a year per consumption unit, against €20,680 in Aisne’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 16.2%, below Aisne’s towns (20.3%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). Vassens has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.4 per worker. At the census, 9.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Vassens, 0.4 per working resident
16.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Full pageVassens’ work & commute pageOpen the page
Median income€23,400 a year · Median income per consumption unitGetting to work9% walk, cycle or take transitJobs based here0.4 per working resident

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Vassens is €11.44/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.

€11.44/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vassens€11.44/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aisne median€10.23/m²
€11.44/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.44 to €13.86/m² a month)
€8.19/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Full pageVassens’ cost of living pageOpen the page
Renting€11.44/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Vassens

11pages on Vassens
The big questions
Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 10.5 mi awayWork & commute0 jobs based hereHousing4 sales on record, the last three yearsFlood & hazards
Out and about
OutdoorsClimateWeather
The story
Who lives hereMedian age 38.2HistoryNo historic monument here; the nearest onesTown HallFamous people

Landmarks

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

Its history page →
Classé
Château de Blérancourt, ancien château des Ducs de Gesvres, actuellem…Château · 17th & 18th c. · in Blérancourt, 3.3 mi
Classé
Carrière de BerryIndustrial building · 20th c. · in Saint-Christophe-à-Berry, 3.6 mi
Classé
Église Saint-MédardChurch · in Moulin-sous-Touvent, 3.7 mi
Classé
Croix dite Croix aux HérosCross · 12th c. · in Camelin, 4.1 mi

Famous people from Vassens

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

How we find them →

Vassens’ 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 →
SoissonsNoyonCrouyChaunyRibécourt-DreslincourtBelleuSoissonsNoyonCrouyChaunyRibécourt-DreslincourtBelleuVassens
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vassens172—————
Soissons28,0469.9C+C+C−B
Noyon Oise12,97110DB−D−C−
Crouy3,04910B−B−A−C−
Chauny11,59611DB+DD
Ribécourt-Dreslincourt Oise3,87111D−BC−D
Belleu3,65911B−C+A−D−

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

About Vassens

Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Vassens is a commune of 172 people in the Communauté de communes Retz-en-Valois. 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
172 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Retz-en-Valois
Département
Aisne (02)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
3.8 sq mi (9.9 km²)
INSEE code
02762

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.