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VauxaillonAisne

The town, home to 498 people, lies in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.

Is Vauxaillon a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Vauxaillon is too small for the grades other French towns get.

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

No historic monuments in Vauxaillon

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

The nearest classé monument is Ancienne abbaye, in Prémontré, 4.6 mi away.

3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Wolfsschlucht II and one more in and around Vauxaillon

Museums and other places to visit in and near Vauxaillon. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vauxaillon.

Who lives here

Few people in Vauxaillon are 65 or over: 17%, below Aisne’s towns and compared French towns

Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, above Aisne’s towns (18%) but below compared French towns (30%). Children are nearly a fifth of the town. At 40.9, the median resident of Vauxaillon sits in the middle of the age range.

40.9median age
VauxaillonAisne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education23%

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 Vauxaillon
VauxaillonAisne medianFrance median
Under 1519%18%17%
15–2411%12%11%
25–4426%22%23%
45–6427%26%26%
65+17%23%22%
No diploma18%31%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat22%17%18%
Higher education23%18%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 6.5% of commuters in Vauxaillon go to work without a car, fewer than in both Aisne’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stands at 11.4%. The median disposable income was €25,500 a year per consumption unit, above Aisne’s towns (€20,680) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: jobs based in Vauxaillon number 50, against 250 residents in work (0.2 per worker).

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport6%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Vauxaillon, 0.2 per working resident
11.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,500
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

83.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

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

Collège pupils travel 3 mi to the nearest one.

83.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Vauxaillon83.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Louis SandrasNearest collègeCollègeCollège10683%−4 pts
83.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
3 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 Vauxaillon is €9.95/m² a month

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

Vauxaillon recorded 16 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. House rents are put at about €8.19/m² a month.

€9.95/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vauxaillon€9.95/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aisne median€10.23/m²
€9.95/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.03 to €12.34/m² a month)
€8.19/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 Vauxaillon

13pages on Vauxaillon

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Vauxaillon

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Vauxaillon as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Vauxaillon’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 →
CrouyVilleneuve-Saint-GermainSoissonsBelleuLaonBeautorCrouyVilleneuve-Saint-GermainSoissonsBelleuLaonBeautorVauxaillon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vauxaillon498—————
Crouy3,0495.9B−B−A−C−
Villeneuve-Saint-Germain2,6167.5BB−A−C−
Soissons28,0468C+C+C−B
Belleu3,6598.7B−C+A−D−
Laon24,22011C−B+D−C−
Beautor2,57913C−A−C−D−

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

About Vauxaillon

Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Vauxaillon is a commune of 498 people in the Communauté de communes Picardie des Châteaux. 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
498 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Picardie des Châteaux
Département
Aisne (02)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
5.5 sq mi (14.1 km²)
INSEE code
02768

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.