Overall, Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis earns a C+, which places it #7 of 20 in Aube. Set against the rest, it does better than 43% of compared French towns. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its best grade is for cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis costs less than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.69/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
At the median, a home went for €1,154/m², below Aube’s towns (€1,721/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. Houses made up 99% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. 121 houses and apartments changed hands in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,154/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis€1,154/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aube median€1,721/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,152/m²
120
€7.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.88 to €10.05/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.41/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Pays d'Othe
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis: 30% were built before 1919, more than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis counts 6 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 5 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments here is Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Vierge. For its size, Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis has 19 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. The oldest protected building goes back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis run above what its ages would predict: 109 per 100 expected, more than Aube’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
3 GPs practise in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis. The nearest emergency department to Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis is Centre hospitalier de Troyes, 16.1 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 443 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 581, 31% more. In Aube, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw131
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis · 2.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
16.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Troyes
16.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Troyes
84.2 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aube, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 3 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #4 of 18 in Aube. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.1 mi away. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 14.5 mi away.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis: 31% are 65 or over, above Aube’s towns and compared French towns
21% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up 9% of the town, below both Aube’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 14% of the town.
51.4median age
Aix-Villemaur-PâlisAube medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education21%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Less crime per resident in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis than in 61% of compared French towns
Violence against people ran at 7.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 11.3 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie figures for Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis show 47 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, burglary came up most often (2025).
7.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Burglary17
Criminal damage14
Family violence10
Other physical violence6
Fraud17
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.
7.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
47
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
6.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For sexual violence, armed robbery, 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, 6.1% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Fewer commuters in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 10.1%
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Aube’s towns (14.6%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). 900 jobs are based in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis, for 1,200 working residents (0.8 per worker). Public transport took 2.2% of Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis’ working residents to work at the census.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
900
jobs based in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis, 0.8 per working resident
12.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 55% of compared French towns
Église de l'Assomption-de-la-Vierge: Photo: Rensi sur Wikipédia allemand · Public domain · Chapelle Saint-Avit: Photo: Ville aix-en-othe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de la Nativité: Photo: Hg marigny · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont enjambant la Vanne: Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis
Is Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis safe?
It grades B for safety, #5 of 20 in Aube. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 14 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis good?
They grade C−, better than 23% of compared French towns and #4 of 18 in Aube. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis grades A+ for cost of living.
About Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis is a commune of 3,236 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays d'Othe. 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
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.
