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This town in Aisne, Hauts-de-France has a population of 1,329.
Getting around on foot or by bus is easy (A−): 4% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 23% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,075/m² takes 6 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Château-Thierry. Health lags (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are on the low side: 0.9 jobs per working resident; 14.3% unemployment.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Étampes-sur-Marne 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 Étampes-sur-Marne 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.
Étampes-sur-Marne 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 Étampes-sur-Marne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Porte Saint-Jean, in Château-Thierry, 1.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and gardens in and near Étampes-sur-Marne. Best known first.
Art galleryMusée Jean-de-La-Fontaine1.9 km northwest, in Château-Thierry
MuseumHôtel-Dieu de Château-Thierry1.6 km northwest, in Château-Thierry
MuseumMaison de Jean de la Fontaine1.9 km northwest, in Château-ThierryMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Capucins de Château-Thierry1.4 km northwest, in Château-ThierryFortFortPorte Saint-Jean1.8 km northwest, in Château-ThierryFortFortPorte Saint-Pierre1.8 km north, in Château-ThierryPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Étampes-sur-Marne.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Aisne, life expectancy at birth reaches 83.2 years for women and 77.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. After the care-home adjustment, Étampes-sur-Marne’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, below Aisne’s towns (110) but above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 119 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 122, 2% more.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
22.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Unemployment stood at 14.3%, between Aisne’s towns (20.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
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.
A collège lies 0.9 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean RacineNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 80%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jules VerneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 111 | 94%−3 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean de La FontaineBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 282 | 98%+2 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €10.66/m² a month, about level with Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.34/m² a month. Sales in Étampes-sur-Marne from July 2023 to June 2026: 32 houses and apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,113/m² | 30 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
18% of adults hold a degree, near Aisne’s towns (18%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). People aged 15 to 24 make up a tenth of the town. Residents of Étampes-sur-Marne have a median age of 46.3.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Étampes-sur-Marne | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 29% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Of the graded crimes in Étampes-sur-Marne, criminal damage came up most often (2025). All told, Étampes-sur-Marne had 19 recorded offenses in 2025. Violence against people ran at 3.1 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 15.5 (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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, 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 (26.9% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Étampes-sur-Marne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Étampes-sur-Marne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étampes-sur-Marne | 1,329 | — | — | B− | — | C− |
| Château-Thierry | 15,097 | 1.5 | D | C+ | D | C− |
| Essômes-sur-Marne | 2,691 | 2.5 | C | C+ | A− | D |
| Charly-sur-Marne | 2,594 | 7.2 | B | B | A− | D |
| Dormans Marne | 2,890 | 11 | B | A− | B+ | D |
| Fère-en-Tardenois | 2,836 | 12 | C | B+ | C | C |
| Montmirail Marne | 3,535 | 13 | B− | A | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Étampes-sur-Marne has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns. 94% of 111 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jules Verne in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Étampes-sur-Marne grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Étampes-sur-Marne is a commune of 1,329 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Château-Thierry. 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.