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1,542 people call this town in Aube, Grand Est home.
Barberey-Saint-Sulpice’s strongest is health (A): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay hold up well: 2.3 jobs per working resident; 9.6% unemployment. The weak point is schools — bac results 2.5 points below the expected rate; brevet results 6.8 points below the expected rate. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for cost of living and C+ for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Barberey-Saint-Sulpice 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 2 things Barberey-Saint-Sulpice does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Barberey-Saint-Sulpice 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.
Barberey-Saint-Sulpice has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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On the Culture ministry’s list, Barberey-Saint-Sulpice counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1925.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Barberey-Saint-Sulpice, 87.7% passed the bac, below both Aube’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Vocational results within 5 km: 81% passed the bac pro, of 308 candidates at 4 lycées. Also worth knowing: the closest collège is 1.7 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert CamusNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 133 | 71%−4 pts |
| Lycée Polyvalent Marie de ChampagneNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 390 | 89%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Léonie Aviat PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 36 | 92%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Aube, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. From 2016 to 2025, 65 residents of Barberey-Saint-Sulpice died, against 95 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Barberey-Saint-Sulpice is Centre hospitalier de Troyes, 4.2 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Children under 15 make up 22%, above both Aube’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 14%. Graduates make up 27% of adults.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Barberey-Saint-Sulpice | Aube median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 14% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 27% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Barberey-Saint-Sulpice recorded 26 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 92% houses, the rest apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Barberey-Saint-Sulpice counts 3 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. 7.2% of its homes were built before 1919, about level with compared French towns (7.4%) and above Aube’s towns (6.1%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The jobless rate is 9.6%. Half of residents lived on more than €25,720 a year per consumption unit, higher than Aube’s towns (€23,470) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 3.7% of working residents in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Barberey-Saint-Sulpice. Best known first.
The list names few of Barberey-Saint-Sulpice’s 3 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Pont-canal enjambant la Seine: Photo: Philippesalv · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Barberey-Saint-Sulpice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barberey-Saint-Sulpice | 1,542 | — | — | B | — | A |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc | 12,648 | 1.7 | C− | B+ | C+ | D |
| Saint-Lyé | 2,956 | 2.1 | A+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes | 3,261 | 2.2 | B | B− | A | B+ |
| Sainte-Savine | 10,289 | 2.9 | C | B− | C | B |
| Troyes | 62,088 | 3.3 | D | B− | D | C |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie | 5,249 | 3.4 | C− | C+ | C+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Barberey-Saint-Sulpice has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.6 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.
They grade D−, better than 5% of compared French towns. 89% of 390 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Polyvalent Marie de Champagne in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Barberey-Saint-Sulpice is a commune of 1,542 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole. 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 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.