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Home to 3,562 people, this town lies in Nord, Hauts-de-France.
Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Taken together, its subjects give Avesnes-les-Aubert a C+ overall, better than two fifths of compared French towns. That places it #64 of 189 in Nord. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D−): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 15.7% unemployment. Where it does best is schools — brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Cost of living is another plus: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
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 Avesnes-les-Aubert does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Avesnes-les-Aubert 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Avesnes-les-Aubert as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château (ancienne maison de campagne de l'abbaye Saint-Aubert-de-Cambrai), in Avesnes-le-Sec, 4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avesnes-les-Aubert.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Nord: 84.5 years for women, 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. 453 deaths in Avesnes-les-Aubert between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 330: 37% above. The nearest emergency department to Avesnes-les-Aubert is Etablissement Public de Sante de Cambrai, 7.1 mi away. 2 GPs practise here.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s schools place #48 of 195 in Nord on results. For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul LangevinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 88%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €21,900 a year per consumption unit. Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.5% of working residents in Avesnes-les-Aubert didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,165/m², comes from 127 sales of houses and apartments in Avesnes-les-Aubert from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,165/m² | 127 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Avesnes-les-Aubert. The police record for Avesnes-les-Aubert lists 70 offenses in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 12.6 cases of violence against people and 11.6 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average).
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 sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (10.4% of the index here). Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Typical age in Avesnes-les-Aubert: 41.5, the median. 22% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and above Nord’s towns (19%). Aged 15 to 24: just over one in ten residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Avesnes-les-Aubert is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Avesnes-les-Aubert.
André Gernez: Copyleft, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | — | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
| Iwuy | 3,403 | 3.7 | C− | A− | C | D− |
| Haspres | 2,626 | 4.7 | C− | B+ | B+ | D |
| Escaudœuvres | 3,171 | 5.1 | B− | B+ | B− | C− |
| Caudry | 13,833 | 5.2 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Solesmes | 4,142 | 5.2 | B | A | C− | D |
| Cambrai | 31,134 | 6.4 | C− | B | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #90 of 189 in Nord.
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns and #48 of 195 in Nord. 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 €1,165/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Avesnes-les-Aubert grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Avesnes-les-Aubert is a commune of 3,562 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis et du Catésis. 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 November 4, 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.
