Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,055 in Aube, Grand Est.
Buchères has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D): bac results 1.1 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.1 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,069/m², a 70 m² home costs 6.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Troyes Champagne Métropole. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Buchères does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Buchères 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Buchères as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Léger, in Saint-Léger-près-Troyes, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Buchères.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Buchères, 89.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Aube’s towns (91.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away. At the two general lycées, 93% of 485 candidates passed the bac, 1.6 points below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Dominique Savio PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 85%+2 pts |
| Lycée Chrestien de TroyesNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 294 | 91%−4 pts |
| Lycée Polyvalent Les LombardsBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 191 | 96%+2 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 120 residents of Buchères died, against 158 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. In Aube, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Buchères is Centre hospitalier de Troyes, 3.4 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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,069/m², comes from 61 sales of houses and apartments in Buchères from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 79% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. Renting a house costs an estimated €8.11/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,236/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
6.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Aube’s towns (15.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Buchères number 1,250, against 900 residents in work (1.4 per worker). Median disposable income comes to €26,080 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, above Aube’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by 26% of adults. Also worth knowing: at 44.4, the median resident of Buchères sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Buchères | Aube median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, 23 offenses were recorded in Buchères. Graded property crimes ran at 8 per 1,000 residents a year, and violence against people at 3 (2023–2025 average). Theft from vehicles topped the graded crimes in Buchères (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 29.3% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Buchères. Best known first.
Nothing in Buchères is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Buchères 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchères | 2,055 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Bréviandes | 3,219 | 1.5 | C+ | C+ | B+ | B− |
| Rosières-près-Troyes | 4,840 | 2.5 | C+ | C− | B− | A− |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas | 6,760 | 2.6 | C− | C | C+ | B− |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers | 12,806 | 3.8 | C | C | B | B |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres | 3,223 | 4.1 | C | C | C− | B− |
| Troyes | 62,088 | 4.3 | D | B− | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Buchères has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade D, better than 11% of compared French towns. 91% of 294 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Chrestien de Troyes 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.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,069/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Buchères grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Buchères is a commune of 2,055 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) · 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.