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AyettePas-de-Calais

A town of 330 in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France.

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Ayette is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Ayette’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Ayette’s story

No historic monuments in Ayette

The Culture ministry lists no building in Ayette as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Citadelle d'Arras, in Achicourt, 7.5 mi away.

3.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ayette.

Who lives here

Ayette has fewer older residents than Pas-de-Calais’ towns or compared French towns: 18% are 65 or over

27% of adults hold a degree, between Pas-de-Calais’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%). Half the people of Ayette are older than 42. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town.

42median age
AyettePas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ayette
AyettePas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Under 1518%18%17%
15–2411%12%11%
25–4423%24%23%
45–6430%26%26%
65+18%20%22%
No diploma19%24%19%
CAP or BEP29%27%26%
Baccalauréat20%19%18%
Higher education27%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Ayette are out of work than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: 6.6%

Half of residents lived on more than €26,250 a year per consumption unit, above Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€22,665) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Ayette number 50, against 150 residents in work (0.3 per worker). 7.6% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Ayette, 0.3 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ayette than in Pas-de-Calais’ towns or across compared French towns: €10.46/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

House rents are put at about €9.50/m² a month. The market in Ayette: 10 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.46/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ayette€10.46/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Pas-de-Calais median€11.26/m²
€10.46/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.58 to €12.75/m² a month)
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Ayette

11pages on Ayette

Landmarks

Nothing in Ayette is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Ayette

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ayette yet.

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Ayette’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Pas-de-Calais →
BeaurainsAchicourtBapaumeDainvilleArrasSaint-Laurent-BlangyBeaurainsAchicourtBapaumeDainvilleArrasSaint-Laurent-BlangyAyette
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Ayette330—————
Beaurains5,5596.5C+C+C+C−
Achicourt7,8736.8CC+CD
Bapaume3,7797.2DB+D−D
Dainville5,6837.5BCB−D
Arras42,8758C−CDD
Saint-Laurent-Blangy6,4599.2CC+C−D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Ayette

Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Ayette is a commune of 330 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud-Artois. 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

Population
330 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Sud-Artois
Département
Pas-de-Calais (62)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
INSEE code
62068

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.