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VoulpaixAisne

This town in Aisne, Hauts-de-France has a population of 348.

Is Voulpaix a good place to live?

Voulpaix has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.

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

No historic monuments in Voulpaix

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, in Vervins, 3.3 mi away.

35% 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 Voulpaix.

Who lives here

Voulpaix has fewer young adults than Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.3% are 15 to 24

Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, about level with Aisne’s towns (18%) and below compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 20% of the population here. Retirement age and beyond: 26% of residents are 65 or older.

47median age
VoulpaixAisne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma28%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Voulpaix
VoulpaixAisne medianFrance median
Under 1520%18%17%
15–248.3%12%11%
25–4420%22%23%
45–6426%26%26%
65+26%23%22%
No diploma28%31%19%
CAP or BEP27%27%26%
Baccalauréat17%17%18%
Higher education19%18%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Voulpaix than in Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 3.9%

For its 150 residents in work, Voulpaix has 50 jobs: 0.3 each. Unemployment stood at 14.3%, between Aisne’s towns (20.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €23,850 a year per consumption unit.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Voulpaix, 0.3 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,850
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
9%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Voulpaix than in Aisne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.13/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 8 homes in Voulpaix.

€8.13/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Voulpaix€8.13/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aisne median€10.23/m²
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.52 to €10.13/m² a month)
€6.43/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 Voulpaix

12pages on Voulpaix

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Voulpaix

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

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Voulpaix’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 →
VervinsGuiseHirsonWignehiesSaint-MichelFourmiesVervinsGuiseHirsonWignehiesSaint-MichelFourmiesVoulpaix
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Voulpaix348—————
Vervins2,5493.4B−A−C−D
Guise4,49010CAC−D−
Hirson8,46913C−A−D−D
Wignehies Nord2,80414C−AC−D−
Saint-Michel3,19915CAC−D
Fourmies Nord11,44916DB+D−D

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

About Voulpaix

Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Voulpaix is a commune of 348 people in the Communauté de communes de la Thiérache du Centre. 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
348 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Thiérache du Centre
Département
Aisne (02)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
4.5 sq mi (11.6 km²)
INSEE code
02826

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 November 4, 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.