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A town of 7,083 in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Auby grades C− overall: better than 17% of compared French towns, and #127 of 189 in Nord. At the median price of €1,390/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Auby does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Auby 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Auby as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Maison des Templiers, dite aussi Maison Notre-Dame, in Douai, 2.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Auby. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la Chartreuse4.5 km south, in DouaiAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye des Prés de Douai4.5 km south, in DouaiMonastery or conventMonastery or conventChartreuse Saints-Joseph-et-Morand de Douai4.5 km south, in DouaiFortFortFort de Scarpe3.8 km southeast, in DouaiAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré de Flers-en-Escrebieux1.7 km south, in Flers-en-EscrebieuxMuseumMuseumMusée des sciences naturelles et d'archéologie de Douai4.6 km south, in DouaiPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auby.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Auby’s deaths ran at 107 per 100 expected, near Nord’s towns (105) and higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 597 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 715, 20% more. Life expectancy in Nord: 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. One GP practises in the town.
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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Median disposable income comes to €20,870 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.2% of working residents in Auby didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 7.1% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Auby, 88.4% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Nord’s towns (90.4%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Ranked by results, schools here are #131 of 195 in Nord.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Victor HugoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 74 | 77%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Élisa LemonnierNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 183 | 92%+3 pts |
| Collège Romain RollandBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 65 | 85%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The commonest graded crime in Auby was criminal damage (2025). The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.1 violent offenses and 13.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 177 offenses locally in 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 · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
20% are under 15, higher than both Nord’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town. At 40.2, the median resident of Auby sits in the middle of the age range.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Auby | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,390/m², comes from 160 sales of houses and apartments in Auby from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €11.20/m² a month, lower than both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses are advertised at an estimated €8.80/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,390/m² | 160 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Auby is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
3 notable people were born in Auby.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auby | 7,083 | — | C− | B− | C+ | D |
| Flers-en-Escrebieux | 5,424 | 1 | D− | C+ | D | D |
| Leforest Pas-de-Calais | 7,060 | 1.6 | C | C | B | C− |
| Roost-Warendin | 5,956 | 2 | D− | C | B− | D− |
| Courcelles-lès-Lens Pas-de-Calais | 7,830 | 2 | D− | C+ | C | D |
| Évin-Malmaison Pas-de-Calais | 4,628 | 2.1 | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Raimbeaucourt | 4,000 | 2.1 | C | C | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #86 of 189 in Nord. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 10 burglaries and 72 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns and #131 of 195 in Nord. The lycée stands out: 92% of 183 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Élisa Lemonnier in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,390/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Auby grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Auby is a commune of 7,083 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Douaisis Agglo. 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.