Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 180 in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Les Mars is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 2 things Les Mars does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Mars as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Vestiges de la tour, in Sermur, 2.4 mi away.
48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Mars.
Graduates make up 20% of adults. 37% of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Creuse’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (22%). Residents of Les Mars have a median age of 54.9.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Les Mars | Creuse median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 12% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 3.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 37% | 32% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Creuse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Unemployment runs at 11.3%. For its 50 residents in work, Les Mars has 50 jobs: 0.6 each. The median disposable income was €22,770 a year per consumption unit, close to Creuse’s towns (€22,570) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The market in Les Mars: 12 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Les Mars. Best known first.
Nothing in Les Mars is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Les Mars.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Creuse, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Les Mars is a commune of 180 people in the Communauté de communes Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. 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) · 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.