Liesse-Notre-Dame has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (C−): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 12.6% unemployment. At the median price of €917/m², a 70 m² home costs 2.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de la Champagne Picarde. Its strongest is walkability (A+): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Liesse-Notre-Dame 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Presbytère · Classé · Photo: G.Garitan · CC BY-SA 3.0
Liesse-Notre-Dame’s story
Liesse-Notre-Dame in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Liesse-Notre-Dame: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1920.
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Wikidata records 5 people born in Liesse-Notre-Dame before 1900, the earliest Louis Bonnaire, in 1751.
1920First protected: Basilique Notre-Dame
1996Most recently protected: Maison en pan de bois
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Liesse-Notre-Dame.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Liesse-Notre-Dame is easier to get around on foot than 96% of compared French towns
23.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 12.6%.
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot19%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
600
jobs based in Liesse-Notre-Dame, 1.3 per working resident
12.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,340
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A+
Walkability: better than 96% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Liesse-Notre-Dame costs less than in Aisne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.86/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Liesse-Notre-Dame, that is below both Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €917/m², comes from 39 sales of houses and apartments in Liesse-Notre-Dame from July 2023 to June 2026.
€917/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Liesse-Notre-Dame€917/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aisne median€1,167/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€917/m²
39
€8.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.15 to €10.98/m² a month)
2.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.18/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Champagne Picarde
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, Liesse-Notre-Dame sees 94 deaths per 100 expected, against 110 in Aisne’s towns and 88 in compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 295 residents of Liesse-Notre-Dame died, against 188 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 57% more. Its care home for older people (95 places) counts its residents as Liesse-Notre-Dame’s; allowing for it, deaths were 6% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−6%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw157
Adjusted94
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Liesse-Notre-Dame · 2.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Laon
9.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Laon
83.2 · 77.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aisne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Liesse-Notre-Dame keeps more of its old housing than Aisne or compared French towns: 22% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Liesse-Notre-Dame above both Aisne’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Liesse-Notre-Dame: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Liesse-Notre-Dame is Basilique Notre-Dame.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Liesse-Notre-Dame has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 17 offenses in the graded categories in Liesse-Notre-Dame in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 51.4% of the index here. With 600 jobs for 450 working residents, Liesse-Notre-Dame draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
6.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence11
Criminal damage6
Armed robbery0
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.
6.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
5.6
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
51.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Liesse-Notre-Dame: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Liesse-Notre-Dame
Is Liesse-Notre-Dame safe?
Liesse-Notre-Dame has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Liesse-Notre-Dame expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €917/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Liesse-Notre-Dame grades A+ for cost of living.
About Liesse-Notre-Dame
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Liesse-Notre-Dame is a commune of 1,264 people in the Communauté de communes de la Champagne Picarde. 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
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.
