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MennessisAisne

A town of 419 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.

Is Mennessis a good place to live?

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

What makes Mennessis stand out

The one thing Mennessis does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Mennessis

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Montain, in La Fère, 4.7 mi away.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mennessis.

Who lives here

Children make up 21% of Mennessis, above Aisne’s towns and compared French towns

In the comparison, Mennessis comes above both Aisne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). 15% of residents are 65 or over.

38.8median age
MennessisAisne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Mennessis
MennessisAisne medianFrance median
Under 1521%18%17%
15–2411%12%11%
25–4428%22%23%
45–6425%26%26%
65+15%23%22%
No diploma20%31%19%
CAP or BEP33%27%26%
Baccalauréat24%17%18%
Higher education17%18%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Mennessis are out of work than in Aisne’s towns or across compared French towns: 8.6%

For Mennessis, that is below both Aisne’s towns (20.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Mennessis has 0 jobs for 200 working residents, 0.1 per worker. 5.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport4%
On foot1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Mennessis, 0.1 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,420
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

Schools

80.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Mennessis sits below both Aisne’s towns (83.6%) and compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.

80.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Mennessis80.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Joliot-CurieNearest collègeCollègeCollège14880%±0 pts
80.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Mennessis is €9.35/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€9.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mennessis€9.35/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aisne median€10.23/m²
€9.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.71 to €11.35/m² a month)
€9.45/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Musée de la résistance et de la déportation de Picardie and 2 more in and around Mennessis

Museums and heritage in and near Mennessis. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Everything we know about Mennessis

13pages on Mennessis

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Mennessis

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

How we find them →

Mennessis’ neighbors

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

All towns in Aisne →
TergnierBeautorLa FèreChaunyGauchyHamTergnierBeautorLa FèreChaunyGauchyHamMennessis
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mennessis419—————
Tergnier13,0452.5DA−DD
Beautor2,5793.9C−A−C−D−
La Fère2,7964.8C−A−D−D−
Chauny11,5965.7DB+DD
Gauchy5,1839.2DBCD−
Ham Somme4,3789.5DA−D−D

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

About Mennessis

Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Mennessis is a commune of 419 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère. 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
419 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère
Département
Aisne (02)
Région
Hauts-de-France
Area
2 sq mi (5.2 km²)
INSEE code
02474

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.