Where it does best is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 1.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The local economy does well: 1.3 jobs per working resident; 9.1% unemployment. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes go for a median €685/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Les Riceys 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 Les Riceys 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up only 13% of Les Riceys, fewer than in Aube’s towns and compared French towns
A fifth of adults hold a degree, below both Aube’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (30%). Over-65s are 29% of the population. The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.8%.
52.2median age
Les RiceysAube medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Les Riceys is better off than Aube’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €27,950 a year per consumption unit
Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, 12.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Aube’s towns (15.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot9%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
700
jobs based in Les Riceys, 1.3 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,950
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 67% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Fewer deaths than expected in Les Riceys, 93 per 100, but more than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Les Riceys is Ch Hco site de Chatillon Sur Seine, 12.7 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 185 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 226, 22% more. In Aube, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Aube town has 2 family doctors.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Les Riceys · 2.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
12.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Hco site de Chatillon Sur Seine
24.1 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
Les Riceys keeps more of its old housing than Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 46% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Les Riceys has 77 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above Aube’s towns (4.6) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. Among the classé monuments in the town is Château de Ricey-Bas. Protection here reaches back to the 12th century. On the Culture ministry’s list, Les Riceys counts 9 historic monuments: 4 classé at the top level of protection and 5 inscrit at the second.
Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Riceys-Bas: Photo: GO69 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Saint-Jean Baptiste de Ricey-Haute-Rive: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église Saint-Vincent de Ricey-Haut: Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle Saint-Sébastien de Ricey-Haut (ancienne): Photo: Philippesalv · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Les Riceys
Wikidata places 13 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Les Riceys as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Les Riceys
Is Les Riceys safe?
Les Riceys has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 700 jobs for 550 working residents, Les Riceys draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Is Les Riceys expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Les Riceys grades A+ for cost of living.
About Les Riceys
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Les Riceys is a commune of 1,174 people in the Communauté de communes du Barséquanais en 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
Population
1,174 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Barséquanais en Champagne
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.
