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Saints-GeosmesHaute-Marne

A town in Haute-Marne, Grand Est, home to 1,111 people. It skews older: 29% of residents are 65 or over.

Is Saints-Geosmes a good place to live?

Saints-Geosmes does especially well on cost of living (A+) — A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 29% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are its weak spot: bac results at the expected rate; brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. It has 1,200 jobs for 450 working residents.

Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Saints-Geosmes 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.

How Saints-Geosmes grades

Each subject compares Saints-Geosmes 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.

How grading works

Saints-Geosmes has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.

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What makes Saints-Geosmes stand out

The 2 things Saints-Geosmes does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église des Trois-Jumeaux
Église des Trois-Jumeaux · Classé · Photo: This illustration was made by Peter Potrowl . · CC BY-SA 4.0
Saints-Geosmes’ story

Saints-Geosmes in pictures

Saints-Geosmes has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1892.

13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1892First protected: Église des Trois-Jumeaux
  • 1909Most recently protected: Église Notre-Dame-en-son-Assomption
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Landmarks

Saints-Geosmes has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saints-Geosmes.

HousingCost of living A+

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Saints-Geosmes is €8.41/m² a month

€8.41/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Renting a house costs an estimated €7.11/m² a month. Saints-Geosmes recorded 20 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saints-Geosmes€8.41/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Marne median€8.74/m²
€8.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.57 to €10.77/m² a month)
€7.11/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,790
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Grand Langres

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

HealthHealth A

Fewer deaths than Saints-Geosmes’ ages would predict, 67 per 100 expected, under Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns

−33%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

90 deaths in Saints-Geosmes between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 135: 33% below. In Haute-Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.1 years for women and 77.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Saints-Geosmes is Centre hospitalier de Langres, 2.5 mi away.

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw67
Adjusted67
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Saints-Geosmes · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Langres
22 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

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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.

Who lives here

Few people in Saints-Geosmes are 15 to 24: 6.1%, fewer than in Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns

54.5median age

Graduates make up 28% of adults. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, above Haute-Marne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Saints-Geosmes has a median age of 54.5 years.

Saints-GeosmesHaute-Marne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Saints-Geosmes
Saints-GeosmesHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Under 1515%14%17%
15–246.1%12%11%
25–4418%21%23%
45–6432%25%26%
65+29%27%22%
No diploma19%29%19%
CAP or BEP27%28%26%
Baccalauréat20%17%18%
Higher education28%18%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Schools

Brevet results near Saints-Geosmes run low: 79.9% passed, below Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns

96%passed the bac (general and technological)CSchool Grade

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Near Saints-Geosmes, 95.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above both Haute-Marne’s towns (93.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). For collège, the closest is 2.2 mi away. At the general lycée, 96% of 200 candidates passed the bac, at the expected rate.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Saints-Geosmes79.9%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Saints-Geosmes95.6%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège DiderotNearest collègeCollègeCollège6167%−4 pts
Lycée polyvalent DiderotNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée20096%±0 pts

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96%
passed the general and technological bac, ±0 pts against the expected rate
92%
passed the vocational bac, +3 pts against the expected rate
79.9%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

History

Homes from before 1919 in Saints-Geosmes: 13%, against 18% in Haute-Marne’s towns and 7.4% in compared French towns

3historic monuments

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

Among the classé monuments in Saints-Geosmes is Croix de chemin en pierre du 16s.. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 3, make up the bulk.

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3
Inscrit0
16th c.
oldest protected part
1892
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commuteJobs & income A+

Fewer people in Saints-Geosmes are out of work than in Haute-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.1%

8%walk, cycle or take transit

The median disposable income was €27,330 a year per consumption unit, above Haute-Marne’s towns (€22,675) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. Nearly one in ten commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. At the census, 6.4% of working residents in Saints-Geosmes didn’t travel to work at all.

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport0%
1,200
jobs based in Saints-Geosmes, 2.8 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,330
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 44% of compared French towns

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Safety

Saints-Geosmes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

3.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

In 2025, police and gendarmerie recorded 0 offenses in Saints-Geosmes in the categories the grade counts.

Recorded by type · 2025

Theft without violence18

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.

3.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
0
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
100.0%
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 · With 1,200 jobs for 450 working residents, Saints-Geosmes draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.

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Nearby attractions

Fort de la Marnotte and 18 more in and around Saints-Geosmes

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Saints-Geosmes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

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Famous people from Saints-Geosmes

Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saints-Geosmes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

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About Saints-Geosmes

Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est

Saints-Geosmes is a commune of 1,111 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

Population
1,111 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Grand Langres
Département
Haute-Marne (52)
Région
Grand Est
Area
10.6 sq mi (27.5 km²)
INSEE code
52449

Saints-Geosmes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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LangresNogentLangresNogentSaints-Geosmes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saints-Geosmes1,111——A+—A
Langres7,4212.1CADC
Nogent3,55014A−A+C+C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Questions about Saints-Geosmes

Is Saints-Geosmes safe?

Saints-Geosmes has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Saints-Geosmes good?

They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

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.