Avize has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 16% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,141/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Épernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 1.3 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Avize 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Avize.
HealthHealth D
Avize loses more people than its age profile suggests, 116 per 100 expected, above Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 217 deaths in Avize from 2016 to 2025; there were 390, 80% more. Life expectancy at birth in Marne is 84.9 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Avize can choose among 5 GPs.
+16%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw180
Adjusted116
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Avize · 4.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Epernay
4.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier D Epernay
84.9 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Avize than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.50/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €2,141/m², comes from 30 sales of houses and apartments in Avize from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 93% houses, the rest apartments.
€2,141/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Avize€2,141/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Marne median€1,711/m²
€9.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.51 to €12.00/m² a month)
5.6
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.03/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Épernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income A
Incomes in Avize run higher than in Marne’s towns and across compared French towns: a median €29,180 a year per consumption unit
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 7.3% of commuters at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.6%, lower than both Marne’s towns (10.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Avize didn’t travel to work at all.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot6%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
1,000
jobs based in Avize, 1.3 per working resident
7.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,180
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 43% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Avize, above Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, above both Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 27% of adults. Avize has a median age of 42.6.
42.6median age
AvizeMarne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Avize
Is Avize safe?
Avize has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Avize good?
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Avize expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,141/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Avize grades B+ for cost of living.
About Avize
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Avize is a commune of 1,742 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Épernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne. 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
1,742 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération Épernay, Coteaux et Plaine de Champagne
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.
