Piney has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 12 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 30% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Piney 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: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Piney’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 64% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 250 residents of Piney died, against 192 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more. Its care home for older people (55 places) counts its residents as Piney’s; allowing for it, deaths were 7% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Piney · 3.1 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
13.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Troyes
13.4 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
Piney keeps more of its old housing than Aube or compared French towns: 17% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Piney above both Aube’s towns (6.1%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in Piney: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Piney is Église de l'Assomption de la Sainte Vierge (aussi appelée chapelle de Brantigny).
INSEE, census 2023 · Aube median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Piney than in Aube’s towns or compared French towns: 8.0%
In the comparison, Piney comes below both Aube’s towns (15.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 11.5%. Piney has 500 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.8 per worker.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
500
jobs based in Piney, 0.8 per working resident
11.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Piney has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 18 offenses in the graded categories in Piney in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 26.5% of the index here.
5.1recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage11
Family violence7
Armed robbery0
Fraud13
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.
5.1
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
13.2
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
26.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Église de l'Assomption de la Sainte Vierge (aussi appelée chapelle de Brantigny): Photo: Grefeuille · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Chapelle du cimetière (aussi appelée chapelle Notre-Dame des Ormes): Photo: Gérard Janot · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Piney
Is Piney safe?
Piney has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.1 recorded violent incidents and 13.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Piney good?
They grade D−, better than 1% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
About Piney
Commune in Aube, Grand Est
Piney is a commune of 1,387 people in the Communauté de communes Forêts, Lacs, Terres 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
1,387 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Forêts, Lacs, Terres 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.
