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The town, home to 1,324 people, lies in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Fewer journeys need a car (B+): 95% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Incomes are on the low side: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 15.0% unemployment. Health outcomes fall short of most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,714/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 5.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération.
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. Venizel 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.
The one thing Venizel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Venizel 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.
Venizel 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 Venizel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Sainte-Marguerite, in Bucy-le-Long, 1.8 mi away.
3.3% 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 Venizel.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Venizel have one GP on hand. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Venizel come to 105 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 112 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 117, 5% more. Also worth knowing: life expectancy at birth in Aisne is 83.2 years for women and 77.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · The care-home figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The jobless rate is 15.0%. 7.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are one in ten residents, about level with compared French towns (11%) and below Aisne’s towns (12%). People 65 and over make up nearly a fifth of the town. Degrees are held by 20% of adults.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Venizel | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Venizel is 90.0%, close to Aisne’s towns (90.1%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). General-bac pupils go 3.4 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louise MichelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 80 | 85%+2 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Saint-Vincent-de-Paul PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 97 | 90%+1 pt |
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 €9.95/m² a month, near Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 33 homes were sold in Venizel. For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €9.01/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,714/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Venizel. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye royale de Saint-Médard de Soissons4.4 km northwest, in SoissonsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Bucy-le-Long2.6 km north, in Bucy-le-LongChâteauChâteauChâteau de Septmonts4.4 km southwest, in SeptmontsChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villeneuve-Saint-Germain3.7 km northwest, in Villeneuve-Saint-GermainTheme parkTheme parkParc de Coupaville - Laser Game extérieur3.8 km west, in SoissonsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Venizel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Venizel.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venizel | 1,324 | — | — | B− | — | D |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain | 2,616 | 2.2 | B | B− | A− | C− |
| Belleu | 3,659 | 2.9 | B− | C+ | A− | D− |
| Crouy | 3,049 | 3.1 | B− | B− | A− | C− |
| Soissons | 28,046 | 3.6 | C+ | C+ | C− | B |
| Fère-en-Tardenois | 2,836 | 13 | C | B+ | C | C |
| Fismes Marne | 5,850 | 13 | C− | B+ | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Venizel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Venizel grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Venizel is a commune of 1,324 people in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération. 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 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.