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A town of 1,342 in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.
Cost of living is its strong suit (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The weak point is health (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for jobs & income and B for walkability. Homes go for a median €1,112/m².
Biesles 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.
The one thing Biesles does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Biesles 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.
Biesles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Biesles as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Cimetière mixte (tumulus), in Nogent, 4.2 mi away.
17% 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 Biesles.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 38 homes in Biesles.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,112/m² | 38 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Haute-Marne live to 84.1 on average and men to 77.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. After the care-home adjustment, Biesles’ deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, close to Haute-Marne’s towns (101) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 124 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 125, 1% more. The nearest emergency department to Biesles is Centre hospitalier de Chaumont, 7.1 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
Jobs located in Biesles: 350, for 600 residents in work (0.5 each). One in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Haute-Marne’s towns (22.5%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Households’ median disposable income: €24,470 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 17%, higher than Haute-Marne’s towns (14%) and near compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 22% of adults. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Biesles | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Biesles is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Biesles.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Biesles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 3.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Biesles grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Biesles is a commune of 1,342 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Chaumont. 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.