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In Nord, Hauts-de-France, this town has 1,570 residents.
Saint-Aubert’s strongest is schools — brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. Homes are affordable (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is a weak point (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 51% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns (D−): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 15.0% unemployment.
Saint-Aubert 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.
The 2 things Saint-Aubert does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-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.
Saint-Aubert has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Aubert has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
24% 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 Saint-Aubert.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Aubert is Hopital de Denain, 8.4 mi away. 166 deaths locally between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 110: 51% above. At birth, a girl in Nord can expect 84.5 years and a boy 78.8 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Saint-Aubert can choose among 2 GPs.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 4.2 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.4 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.45/m² a month, below both Nord’s towns (€11.81/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.31/m² a month. Saint-Aubert recorded 44 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,139/m² | 44 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of residents are 65 or over. Also worth knowing: the middle age in Saint-Aubert is 40.4.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Aubert | Nord median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 23% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 26% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Nord’s towns (13.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,480 a year. At the census, 5.0% of working residents in Saint-Aubert didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people ran at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.2 (2023–2025 average). Police and gendarmerie recorded 13 offenses in Saint-Aubert in 2025. More of the graded crimes here were family violence than anything else (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 other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, 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, 39.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Saint-Aubert. Best known first.
Saint-Aubert has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Aubert yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubert | 1,570 | — | — | B+ | — | D− |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert | 3,562 | 1.8 | C+ | B+ | C+ | D |
| Haspres | 2,626 | 3.6 | C− | B+ | B+ | D |
| Solesmes | 4,142 | 4 | B | A | C− | D |
| Iwuy | 3,403 | 4.5 | C− | A− | C | D− |
| Caudry | 13,833 | 5.9 | D | B+ | D− | D− |
| Douchy-les-Mines | 10,109 | 6.6 | D− | B− | C | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saint-Aubert has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A−, better than 75% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Aubert grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Saint-Aubert is a commune of 1,570 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 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.