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The town, home to 84 people, lies in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Germaine has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Germaine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Caulaincourt, in Caulaincourt, 3.5 mi away.
3.1% 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 Germaine.
People aged 15 to 24 make up 13% of the town, higher than both Aisne’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (11%). 16% of residents have reached 65. Degrees are held by 37% of adults.
59% women, 41% men
About 69 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Germaine | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 13% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment stood at 12.5%, 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €8.21/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Germaine 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 Germaine yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Germaine is a commune of 84 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays du Vermandois. 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) · 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.