Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 96 residents, it is a town in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.
Échenay isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. A tenth of its homes are second homes.
The one thing Échenay does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Échenay as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Aignan, in Poissons, 4.9 mi away.
33% 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 Échenay.
Just over a fifth of adults hold a degree, higher than Haute-Marne’s towns (18%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 make up 17% of residents. The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Échenay | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.1% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 27% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 37% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 26% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
5.0% of 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%).
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.
Renting a house costs an estimated €6.09/m² a month. Échenay recorded 1 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Échenay is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Échenay as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Échenay | 96 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joinville | 2,915 | 7.6 | B− | A+ | C− | D− |
| Ligny-en-Barrois Meuse | 3,677 | 16 | B− | A+ | C | B |
| Wassy | 2,771 | 17 | C+ | A+ | D | C− |
| Ancerville Meuse | 2,569 | 18 | — | A+ | — | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Échenay is a commune of 96 people in the Communauté de communes du Bassin de Joinville 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
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 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.