Find your town in Marne
Marne has 610 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 22 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 45 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Marne is like
The median ranked town in Marne grades highest on walkability and cost of living against towns across France, and lowest on schools. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
1 of 22 (5%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
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22 towns · ordered by Marne rank
2 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
588 smaller towns and villages in Marne
With the 22 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 610 communes of Marne, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
543 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Marne
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Marne
What is the best place to live in Marne?
Blancs-Coteaux ranks first of 22 graded towns of 2,500 or more: jobs & income (A+) and cost of living (A) are its strongest grades; health (C−) is its lowest. Sainte-Menehould and Aÿ-Champagne follow.
How do the biggest towns in Marne grade?
Reims (177,674 people) grades D− overall, with its best grade in walkability. Châlons-en-Champagne (42,971 people) grades D overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Marne, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Marne on TownRatings?
Yes: all 610 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 22 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 45 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 543 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Photos: Blancs-Coteaux, Szeder László (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sainte-Menehould, AirScott (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Aÿ-Champagne, Pline (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Mourmelon-le-Grand, Henri Antoine (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Witry-lès-Reims, G.Garitan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Fagnières, G.Garitan (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Dormans, October Ends (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Bétheny, L'Illustration (Public domain) · Bezannes, Gérald Garitan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Warmeriville, Unknown cartographer (Public domain) · Montmirail, Thibault.taillandier (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Suippes, Willi Ude, uploaded by Ude (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Sézanne, Coyau (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cormontreuil, G.Garitan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Vitry-le-François, Prosopee (CC BY 3.0) · Saint-Brice-Courcelles, G.Garitan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Tinqueux, G.Garitan (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Fismes, Hollek29* (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Memmie, G.Garitan (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Châlons-en-Champagne, Pymouss (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Épernay, Sand~commonswiki (Public domain) · Reims, Maxime GRÉGOIRE (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.