Marle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 29% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Marle 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Marle.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Marle sees more deaths than Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 129 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Marle comes above both Aisne’s towns (110) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 463 residents of Marle died, against 265 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 75% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+29%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw175
Adjusted129
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Marle · 3.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Smur Ch Saint Quentin Guise
14 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Unemployment in Marle, 29.7%, runs above Aisne’s towns and compared French towns
That puts Marle above both Aisne’s towns (20.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Marle has 950 jobs for 650 working residents, 1.5 per worker. The median disposable income is €21,320 a year per consumption unit.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving76%
On foot14%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
950
jobs based in Marle, 1.5 per working resident
29.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,320
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 90% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Marle records less crime per resident than 83% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 43 offenses in the graded categories in Marle in 2025. Violence against people ran at 4.3 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 10.5 (2023–2025 average). 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, 22.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
4.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearA−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage25
Family violence18
Armed robbery0
Fraud16
Theft without violence8
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.
4.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
10.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
43
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
22.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Marle: 22% were built before 1919, more than in Aisne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Marle is above both Aisne’s towns (8.5%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Marle: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Marle is Église Notre-Dame.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Marle
Are schools in Marle good?
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Marle expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.62/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Marle grades A for cost of living.
About Marle
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Marle is a commune of 2,229 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de la Serre. 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.
