Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is safety — an average of 17.1 recorded violent incidents and 20.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The overall grade lands at B−, better than 52% of compared French towns. That places it #3 of 20 in Aube.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Brienne-le-Château 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.
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Brienne-le-Château: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level).
That’s 30 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 98% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1895.
4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1930First protected: Croix de mission
1995Most recently protected: Statue de Napoléon et Hôtel de ville
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brienne-le-Château.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Brienne-le-Château costs less than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.26/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,166/m²: 72 houses and apartments sold in Brienne-le-Château between July 2023 and June 2026. The sales split: 94% houses, the rest apartments. From July 2023 to June 2026, 72 homes were sold locally.
€1,166/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Brienne-le-Château€1,166/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Aube median€1,721/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,166/m²
68
€7.26/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.77 to €9.12/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,230
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes des Lacs de Champagne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Brienne-le-Château is rich in protected monuments: 30 per 10,000 residents, more than Aube’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to Antiquity. The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Brienne-le-Château: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Halles (vieilles). 4.4% of its homes were built before 1919, below both Aube’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Crime per resident in Brienne-le-Château runs higher than in 94% of compared French towns
Recorded offenses in Brienne-le-Château came to 105 in 2025. No compared town in Aube has more graded crime per resident than Brienne-le-Château: it ranks last of 20. Jobs outnumber working residents in Brienne-le-Château (2,000 to 950): it draws people in from around. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (2025).
17.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage37
Other physical violence18
Sexual violence15
Family violence13
Burglary13
Theft from vehicles9
Armed robbery0
Fraud22
Theft without violence19
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.
17.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
20.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
105
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.6%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 1.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Work & commuteJobs & income C
More commuters in Brienne-le-Château walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 24.9%
The jobless rate is 14.5%. Half of residents lived on more than €22,500 a year per consumption unit, near Aube’s towns (€23,470) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 6.0% of working residents in Brienne-le-Château didn’t travel to work at all.
25%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving68%
On foot14%
Public transport7%
Bicycle4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,000
jobs based in Brienne-le-Château, 2.1 per working resident
14.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,500
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 91% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Deaths in Brienne-le-Château run above what its ages would predict: 109 per 100 expected, more than Aube’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Brienne-le-Château is Antenne Smur de Bar Sur Aube, 14 mi away. 637 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 424: 50% above. At birth, a girl in Aube can expect 84.2 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. For a family doctor, residents of Brienne-le-Château can choose among 3 GPs.
+9%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw150
Adjusted109
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Brienne-le-Château · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
14 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne Smur de Bar Sur Aube
22.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Troyes
84.2 · 78.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aube, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Children make up only 11% of Brienne-le-Château, fewer than in Aube’s towns and compared French towns
Retirement age and beyond: nearly a third of residents are 65 or older. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below Aube’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Graduates make up 14% of adults.
53.3median age
Brienne-le-ChâteauAube medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma34%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
The Culture ministry lists 8 historic monuments in Brienne-le-Château: 3 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 5 inscrit (the second level).
Ecole militaire: Photo: Original téléversé par Clicgauche sur Wikipédia français . · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Croix de mission: Photo: Hg marigny · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Statue de Napoléon et Hôtel de ville: Photo: Original uploader was Clicgauche at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 1.0
Jacqueline Laurent: Macfadden Publications, Inc., Public domain · Jules René Bourguignat: Jean Baptiste Piquée, Public domain · Jules-Charles Aviat: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Charles Monginot: Thomas Couture, Public domain
Brienne-le-Château’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Brienne-le-Château
Is Brienne-le-Château safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 13 burglaries and 37 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Brienne-le-Château good?
They grade A−, better than 77% of compared French towns and #1 of 18 in Aube. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Brienne-le-Château expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,166/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Brienne-le-Château grades A+ for cost of living.
About Brienne-le-Château
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Brienne-le-Château is a commune of 2,672 people in the Communauté de communes des Lacs de Champagne. 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
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.
