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VerpelArdennes

A town of 62 in Ardennes, Grand Est.

Is Verpel a good place to live?

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

What makes Verpel stand out

The 2 things Verpel does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église
Église · Classé · Photo: Florent Simonet · Public domain
Verpel’s story

Verpel in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Verpel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verpel.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Verpel than in Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: 4.5% are under 15

On this, Verpel is below both Ardennes’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). 33% of residents are 65 or over.

58median age
VerpelArdennes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma37%
CAP or BEP24%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

45% women, 55% men

About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Verpel
VerpelArdennes medianFrance median
Under 154.5%16%17%
15–247.6%10%11%
25–4414%22%23%
45–6441%27%26%
65+33%25%22%
No diploma37%30%19%
CAP or BEP24%28%26%
Baccalauréat15%16%18%
Higher education17%17%30%

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

History

Verpel keeps more of its old housing than Ardennes or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

In the comparison, Verpel comes above both Ardennes’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Verpel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1846
first monument protected
24%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

28.0% of commuters in Verpel go to work without a car, more than in Ardennes’ towns and compared French towns

For Verpel, that is above both Ardennes’ towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 14.3% of the labour force are out of work. Verpel has 0 jobs for 0 working residents, 0.5 per worker.

28%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving64%
On foot28%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Verpel, 0.5 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Verpel is €7.86/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.

€7.86/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Verpel€7.86/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardennes median€8.19/m²
€7.86/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.26 to €9.86/m² a month)
€6.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Verpel

11pages on Verpel

Landmarks

Verpel has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Verpel

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

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Verpel’s neighbors

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

All towns in Ardennes →
VouziersVouziersVerpel
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Verpel62—————
Vouziers3,82511C−A+D−C

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

About Verpel

Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est

Verpel is a commune of 62 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

Population
62 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Ardennaise
Département
Ardennes (08)
Région
Grand Est
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.3 km²)
INSEE code
08470

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.