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A town of 58 in Ardennes, Grand Est.

Is Auge a good place to live?

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

What makes Auge stand out

The one thing Auge does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Auge

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Aubenton, 3.5 mi away.

68% 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 Auge.

Who lives here

An older town: 30% of people in Auge are 65 or over, more than in Ardennes’ towns and across compared French towns

17% of adults hold a degree, close to Ardennes’ towns (17%) and below compared French towns (30%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.8% of residents. Half of Auge is older than 52.5, half younger.

52.5median age
AugeArdennes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma24%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Auge
AugeArdennes medianFrance median
Under 1516%16%17%
15–248.8%10%11%
25–4414%22%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+30%25%22%
No diploma24%30%19%
CAP or BEP33%28%26%
Baccalauréat15%16%18%
Higher education17%17%30%

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

Work & commute

Auge has higher unemployment than Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: 21.7%

At the census, 5.3% of working residents in Auge didn’t travel to work at all.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Auge, 0.3 per working resident
21.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
5%
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 Auge than in Ardennes’ towns or across compared French towns: €7.68/m² a month

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

Sales in Auge from July 2023 to June 2026: 3 houses and apartments.

€7.68/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Auge€7.68/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardennes median€8.19/m²
€7.68/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.16 to €9.58/m² a month)
€6.39/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 Auge

11pages on Auge

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Auge

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

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Auge’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 Ardennes →
Saint-MichelHirsonAnorFourmiesTrélonWignehiesSaint-MichelHirsonAnorFourmiesTrélonWignehiesAuge
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Auge58—————
Saint-Michel Aisne3,1997.4CAC−D
Hirson Aisne8,4699.5C−A−D−D
Anor Nord3,09912C+A−B+D−
Fourmies Nord11,44915DB+D−D
Trélon Nord2,60416DB+C−D
Wignehies Nord2,80416C−AC−D−

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

About Auge

Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est

Auge is a commune of 58 people in the Communauté de communes Ardennes Thiérache. 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
58 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ardennes Thiérache
Département
Ardennes (08)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.8 sq mi (4.6 km²)
INSEE code
08030

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.