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A town in Ardennes, Grand Est, home to 115 people.
Bar-lès-Buzancy isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. Just over a tenth of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Bar-lès-Buzancy does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bar-lès-Buzancy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château de Buzancy, in Buzancy, 0.6 mi away.
48% 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 Bar-lès-Buzancy.
17% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up just over a tenth of the town, higher than both Ardennes’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Bar-lès-Buzancy | Ardennes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 11% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 17% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Ardennes’ towns (18.5%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,030 a year per consumption unit. Also worth knowing: at the census, 6.1% of working residents in Bar-lès-Buzancy didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 8 homes were sold in Bar-lès-Buzancy. A house rents for an estimated €7.68/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bar-lès-Buzancy 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 Bar-lès-Buzancy yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar-lès-Buzancy | 115 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vouziers | 3,825 | 11 | C− | A+ | D− | C |
| Carignan | 2,680 | 17 | C | A+ | C+ | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Bar-lès-Buzancy is a commune of 115 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise. 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 November 4, 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.