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1,794 people live in this town in Ardennes, Grand Est.
Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 15.3% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B for walkability. The median price paid is €1,189/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Haybes 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 Haybes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Haybes 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.
Haybes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Haybes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1991.
Marie-Louise Dromart, born in 1880, is the one person born in Haybes before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Haybes. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Haybes.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Haybes: 66 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 97% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,189/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Ardennes’ towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The jobless rate is 15.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The oldest protected building goes back to the 17th century. Among the classé monuments in Haybes is Haut-fourneau. Homes built before 1919 account for 8% of the housing.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy in Ardennes: 84.6 years for women and 77.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 144 deaths in Haybes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 167: 14% below. There is one general practitioner locally.
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 adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
18% of adults hold a degree. Children under 15 make up 16% of residents. People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Ardennes’ towns (25%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Haybes | Ardennes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 17% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Haybes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Haybes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haybes | 1,794 | — | — | A+ | — | B |
| Fumay | 3,086 | 1.3 | C+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Revin | 5,716 | 5.7 | C | A+ | C+ | C |
| Givet | 6,364 | 11 | A | A | B | A+ |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse | 4,889 | 11 | C+ | A+ | C+ | D |
| Nouzonville | 5,523 | 13 | B− | A+ | B− | D |
| Charleville-Mézières | 45,560 | 17 | D | B+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Haybes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Haybes grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Haybes is a commune of 1,794 people in the Communauté de communes Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. 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.