Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Nord, Hauts-de-France has a population of 1,749.
Aubers’s best grade is for schools: brevet results 3.8 points above the expected rate. It is strong on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Where it falls short is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is hard to get around without a car: 50% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Aubers 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 Aubers 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.
Aubers has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Aubers as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Amé, in Lestrem, 6.3 mi away.
1.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Aubers.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 4.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The nearest collège is 3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Pays de l'AlloeuNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 94%+2 pts |
| Collège privé Sainte-Jeanne d'Arc PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 100%+8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €10.72/m² a month. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 53 homes in Aubers.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,868/m² | 51 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
109 deaths in Aubers between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 142: 23% below. The nearest emergency department to Aubers is Centre hospitalier D Armentieres, 6.4 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Aubers can choose among 2 GPs. Women in Nord live to 84.5 on average and men to 78.8 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
6.8% of the labour force are out of work. At the census, 4.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Aubers has 200 jobs for 750 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, near Nord’s towns (19%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Aubers has a median age of 44.1 years. Retirement age and beyond: 22% of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Aubers | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.2% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 18% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 50% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 4.3 violent offenses and 8.2 graded property crimes a year. Aubers’s tally for 2025: 11 recorded offenses. The graded crime recorded most locally was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 66.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Aubers. Best known first.
Nothing in Aubers is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Aubers.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubers | 1,749 | — | — | C− | — | A− |
| Laventie Pas-de-Calais | 5,044 | 2.7 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Richebourg Pas-de-Calais | 2,687 | 3.6 | B | C | A− | C |
| Fleurbaix Pas-de-Calais | 2,947 | 3.7 | — | C− | — | A |
| Violaines Pas-de-Calais | 3,839 | 4.2 | B+ | C | A | D− |
| La Bassée | 6,650 | 4.2 | C− | C+ | C− | D |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes | 5,638 | 4.2 | B+ | C− | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Aubers has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 6 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 94% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.42/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aubers grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Aubers is a commune of 1,749 people in the Métropole Européenne de Lille. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.