Housing is within reach (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on health as well (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 28% of homes here are second homes. Homes go for a median €825/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Argences en Aubrac has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Argences en Aubrac 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 Argences en Aubrac.
Who lives here
Older residents shape Argences en Aubrac: 40% are 65 or over, above Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by nearly a fifth of adults, below both Aveyron’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are 6.6% of the population. Under-15s account for 10% of the population.
59.1median age
Argences en AubracAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
40%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B+
Argences en Aubrac is 19.5 mi from the nearest emergency department
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 342 residents of Argences en Aubrac died, against 334 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% more. Its care home for older people (83 places) counts its residents as Argences en Aubrac’s; allowing for it, deaths were 20% below expected. Average lifespans in Aveyron: 85.1 years for women, 80 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−20%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw102
Adjusted80
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Argences en Aubrac · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
19.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
19.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Henri Mondor Aurillac
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Argences en Aubrac: 35% were built before 1919, more than in both Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Argences en Aubrac has 4 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Unemployment in Argences en Aubrac, 4.9%, runs below Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €23,320 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Argences en Aubrac number 650, against 650 residents in work (1 per worker). A tenth of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot11%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
Public transport0%
650
jobs based in Argences en Aubrac, 1 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,320
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 47% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Argences en Aubrac
Is Argences en Aubrac safe?
Argences en Aubrac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 2.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Argences en Aubrac expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Argences en Aubrac grades A+ for cost of living.
About Argences en Aubrac
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Argences en Aubrac is a commune of 1,581 people in the Communauté de communes Aubrac Carladez Viadène. 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.
