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Home to 2,771 people, this town lies in Haute-Marne, Grand Est.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. With a C+ overall, Wassy sits #4 of 6 in Haute-Marne. Nationally, it does better than 38% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is safety — an average of 19.6 recorded violent incidents and 16.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 14% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Jobs & income is weaker too: 1.2 jobs per working resident; 17.3% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, 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.
The 2 things Wassy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Wassy 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 TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Wassy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Cirfontaines-en-Azois, 0.1 mi away.
22% 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 Wassy.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Wassy is the second cheapest of the 6 towns in Haute-Marne, at €808/m². Behind the median of €808/m²: 68 houses and apartments sold locally between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €808/m² | 68 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
No compared town in Haute-Marne has more graded crime per resident than Wassy: it ranks last of 6. In 2025, 90 offenses were recorded locally. More of the graded crimes in the town were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (2.1% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Median disposable income comes to €22,880 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 14.3% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than Haute-Marne’s towns (22.5%) yet higher than compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 17.3%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Wassy is Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz, 10.8 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, about level with Haute-Marne’s towns (101) and above compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 583 residents of Wassy died, against 392 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 49% more. Life expectancy in Haute-Marne: 84.1 years for women and 77.3 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents. 16% are under 15, between Haute-Marne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Residents of Wassy have a median age of 48.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Wassy | Haute-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 32% | 29% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 15% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For exam results, it comes #3 of 6 in Haute-Marne. Near Wassy, 92.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, about level with both Haute-Marne’s towns (93.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ClaudelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 87 | 80%−9 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Émile BaudotNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 37 | 92%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Wassy. Best known first.
Nothing in Wassy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
8 notable people were born in Wassy.
Jean-Marie Defrance: Claude-Marie-François Dien / After Henri-François Riesener, Public domain · François Alexandre Pernot: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pierre Nicolas Perrin: Pierre-Antoine Demachy, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wassy | 2,771 | — | C+ | A+ | D | C− |
| Saint-Dizier | 22,858 | 9.5 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Ancerville Meuse | 2,569 | 9.7 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Joinville | 2,915 | 9.9 | B− | A+ | C− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 28 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 45% of compared French towns and #3 of 6 in Haute-Marne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €808/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Wassy grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Wassy is a commune of 2,771 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Grand Saint-Dizier, Der et Vallées. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.