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SarceyHaute-Marne

The town, home to 97 people, lies in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.

Is Sarcey a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Sarcey is too small for the grades other French towns get. 15- to 24-year-olds are 16% of the population.

What makes Sarcey stand out

The one thing Sarcey does most differently from other towns.

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Sarcey’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Sarcey’s story

No historic monuments in Sarcey

The Culture ministry lists no building in Sarcey as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Cimetière mixte (tumulus), in Nogent, 1.7 mi away.

15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sarcey.

Who lives here

Sarcey skews young, with 16% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in both Haute-Marne’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 23% of adults, higher than Haute-Marne’s towns (18%) yet lower than compared French towns (30%). 14% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 count for 13% of the people here.

47.2median age
SarceyHaute-Marne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Sarcey
SarceyHaute-Marne medianFrance median
Under 1513%14%17%
15–2416%12%11%
25–4415%21%23%
45–6441%25%26%
65+14%27%22%
No diploma17%29%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat23%17%18%
Higher education23%18%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Sarcey are out of work than in Haute-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: 3.7%

No commute at all: 5.8% of working residents in Sarcey at the census.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Sarcey, 0.1 per working resident
3.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

92.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

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

For collège, the closest is 2.7 mi away.

92.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Sarcey92.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Françoise DoltoNearest collègeCollègeCollège5992%+4 pts
92.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Sarcey than in Haute-Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.18/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 4 homes in Sarcey.

€8.18/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Sarcey€8.18/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Haute-Marne median€8.74/m²
€8.18/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.45 to €10.39/m² a month)
€5.74/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Musée de la Coutellerie de Nogent and 4 more in and around Sarcey

Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Sarcey. 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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Everything we know about Sarcey

13pages on Sarcey

Landmarks

Nothing in Sarcey is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Sarcey

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sarcey yet.

How we find them →

Sarcey’s neighbors

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

All towns in Haute-Marne →
NogentChaumontLangresNogentChaumontLangresSarcey
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Sarcey97—————
Nogent3,5502.6A−A+C+C−
Chaumont20,8278.4BAC−B
Langres7,42114CADC

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

About Sarcey

Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est

Sarcey is a commune of 97 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

Population
97 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération de Chaumont
Département
Haute-Marne (52)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.8 sq mi (7.2 km²)
INSEE code
52459

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.