Safety is its weak spot (D) — an average of 14.7 recorded violent incidents and 17.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, Langres earns a C, better than 35% of compared French towns. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on walkability: 84% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 24% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Langres 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Langres.
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1972, and 48 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 1972, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Relative to its size, Langres keeps 65 protected monuments per 10,000 residents. Among the classé monuments here is Arc de triomphe romain. 26 of the 48 are houses and mansions.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
A walkable place: Langres beats 89% of compared French towns on foot
16.2% of the labour force are out of work. Half of residents lived on more than €22,470 a year per consumption unit, near Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Langres number 5,600, against 2,700 residents in work (2.1 per worker).
24%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving71%
On foot18%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,600
jobs based in Langres, 2.1 per working resident
16.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 89% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living A
The estimated advertised rent in Langres is €9.38/m² a month, against €8.74/m² in Haute-Marne’s towns and €12.41/m² in compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Only one of the 6 towns in Haute-Marne costs more to buy into than Langres, whose median sale is €1,318/m². The median price, €1,318/m², comes from 187 sales of houses and apartments locally from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses sell for €1,291/m² here, apartments for €1,333/m².
€1,318/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Langres€1,318/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Marne median€1,048/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,291/m²
115
Apartments
€1,333/m²
72
€9.38/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.51 to €11.72/m² a month)
3.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.84/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Langres
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Langres records more crime per resident than 86% of compared French towns
Langres comes 5th of the 6 compared towns in Haute-Marne on the Safety Grade. In 2025, 235 offenses were recorded locally. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
14.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage77
Family violence51
Other physical violence42
Sexual violence22
Theft from vehicles21
Burglary15
Vehicle theft7
Drug use96
Theft without violence57
Fraud46
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.
14.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.5
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
235
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 0.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HealthHealth C
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Langres run higher than in 72% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Haute-Marne, women can expect to live 84.1 years and men 77.3 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Langres come to 96 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 902 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 1,009, 12% more.
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw112
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
7
GPs in Langres · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Langres
20.1 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Chaumont
84.1 · 77.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
79.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the three collèges within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #5 of 6 in Haute-Marne. The bac pass rate near Langres is 95.6%, higher than both Haute-Marne’s towns (93.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
96%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Langres skews young, with 12% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in both Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults. Children under 15 make up 14%, near Haute-Marne’s towns (14%) and lower than compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 27% of the town.
46.5median age
LangresHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education26%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Arc de triomphe romain: Photo: Nick · CC BY 2.0 · Église Saint-Martin: Photo: photography by Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Hôtel du Breuil-de-Saint-Germain: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Maison Renaissance: Photo: Clément Huvig · CC BY-SA 3.0
Denis Diderot: Pierre-Michel Alix, Public domain · Jeanne Mance: Jean Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · François Nicolas Madeleine Morlot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain · Guy Fréquelin: Safass-Thin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sylvain Marchal: KevFB, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Laurent Agouazi: Benoit-caen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Langres’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Langres
Is Langres safe?
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 77 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Langres good?
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Langres expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,318/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Langres grades A for cost of living.
About Langres
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Langres is a commune of 7,421 people in the Communauté de communes du Grand Langres. 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
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.
