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The town, home to 1,900 people, lies in Ardennes, Grand Est.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Crime is low (A−): an average of 4.4 recorded violent incidents and 10.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Schools lag: bac results 4.4 points below the expected rate; brevet results 18 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 14.9% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Sault-lès-Rethel 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.
Each subject compares Sault-lès-Rethel 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.
Sault-lès-Rethel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Sault-lès-Rethel does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Sault-lès-Rethel as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Nicolas, in Rethel, 1.2 mi away.
1.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Sault-lès-Rethel is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sault-lès-Rethel.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 78% of 82 candidates passed the bac pro. 88.6% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Sault-lès-Rethel, near Ardennes’ towns (88.6%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège VallièreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 69 | 74%−17 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Paul VerlaineNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 160 | 94%−3 pts |
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 €8.57/m² a month, close to Ardennes’ towns (€8.19/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 39 homes in Sault-lès-Rethel. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.81/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,738/m² | 39 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 36 offenses in Sault-lès-Rethel in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (22.3% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Households’ median disposable income: €22,520 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 14.9%, between Ardennes’ towns (18.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.5% of working residents in Sault-lès-Rethel went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Sault-lès-Rethel’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, lower than Ardennes’ towns (107) yet higher than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 195 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 195, about as many. Also worth knowing: at birth, a girl in Ardennes can expect 84.6 years and a boy 77.7 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. This Ardennes town has 3 family doctors.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults. Half of Sault-lès-Rethel is older than 42.8, half younger. Those 65 and older account for 22% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Sault-lès-Rethel | Ardennes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 17% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Sault-lès-Rethel. Best known first.
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Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Sault-lès-Rethel is a commune of 1,900 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays Rethélois. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sault-lès-Rethel | 1,900 | — | — | A− | A− | C− |
| Rethel | 7,444 | 1.1 | C− | A− | D | C+ |
| Warmeriville Marne | 2,749 | 12 | B | B− | A+ | C |
| Vouziers | 3,825 | 16 | C− | A+ | D− | C |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne Aisne | 2,792 | 18 | — | A− | — | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D−, better than 4% of compared French towns. 94% of 160 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Paul Verlaine in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sault-lès-Rethel grades A− for cost of living.
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 November 8, 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.