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Home to 52 people, this town lies in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.
Palaiseul has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 15% of residents are 15 to 24.
The one thing Palaiseul does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Palaiseul as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix du cimetière, in Heuilley-le-Grand, 1.4 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 Palaiseul.
People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Haute-Marne’s towns (27%). Degrees are held by one in ten adults. Ages in Palaiseul split evenly at 45.8: half are older, half younger.
42% women, 58% men
About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Palaiseul | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 60% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 10% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri VincenotNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 41 | 83%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Palaiseul recorded 3 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Palaiseul. Best known first.
Nothing in Palaiseul is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Palaiseul yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Palaiseul is a commune of 52 people in the Communauté de communes des Savoir-Faire. 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.