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This town in Aube, Grand Est has a population of 1,431.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for schools (D−): brevet results 9 points below the expected rate. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs & income is weaker too — 1.2 jobs per working resident; 13.6% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Méry-sur-Seine 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 Méry-sur-Seine 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.
Méry-sur-Seine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The one thing Méry-sur-Seine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Méry-sur-Seine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul, in Les Grandes-Chapelles, 6.7 mi away.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Méry-sur-Seine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Méry-sur-Seine.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,209/m², below both Aube’s towns (€1,721/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 44 homes were sold in Méry-sur-Seine. The sales split: 95% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,209/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Nearly four in five candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Méry-sur-Seine, close to Aube’s towns (78.5%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). No general lycée lies within 5 km; the nearest is 7.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Pierre LabondeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 79%−9 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.
The nearest emergency department to Méry-sur-Seine is Centre hospitalier de Romilly Sur Seine, 7.9 mi away. Adjusted for age and care homes, Méry-sur-Seine records 105 deaths per 100 expected, above Aube’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 315 residents of Méry-sur-Seine died, against 210 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 50% more. At birth, a girl in Aube can expect 84.2 years and a boy 78.9 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,230 a year per consumption unit. 13.6% of the labour force were unemployed, below Aube’s towns (14.6%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 7.3% of working residents in Méry-sur-Seine didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below both Aube’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). The share of residents under 15 is 18%. Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Méry-sur-Seine | Aube median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 28% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 23% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
One notable person was born in Méry-sur-Seine.
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Méry-sur-Seine is a commune of 1,431 people in the Communauté de communes Seine et Aube. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Méry-sur-Seine | 1,431 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Romilly-sur-Seine | 14,959 | 7.5 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Arcis-sur-Aube | 2,785 | 12 | C | A+ | C− | C− |
| Saint-Lyé | 2,956 | 12 | A+ | B+ | A | A− |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc | 12,648 | 15 | C− | B+ | C+ | D |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes | 3,261 | 16 | B | B− | A | B+ |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande | 2,605 | 16 | C | A | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Méry-sur-Seine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 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 3% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Méry-sur-Seine grades A+ for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.