Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Its strongest subject is cost of living — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here: 90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The catch is schools (D) — bac results 3.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 4.2 points below the expected rate. Put together, the subjects come to a B+ overall, better than nearly three quarters of compared French towns. It ranks #3 of 22 in Marne. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and C+ for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Aÿ-Champagne 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 Aÿ-Champagne.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Aÿ-Champagne than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €10.07/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,919/m², comes from 153 sales of houses and apartments in Aÿ-Champagne from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 84% were houses. House rents are put at about €8.88/m² a month.
€1,919/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Aÿ-Champagne€1,919/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Marne median€1,711/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,957/m²
129
€10.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.30 to €12.22/m² a month)
4.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€8.88/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€29,900
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Grande Vallée de la Marne
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
Exam results around Aÿ-Champagne trail 87% of compared French towns
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the 2 vocational lycées within 5 km, 77% of 136 candidates passed the bac pro. Near Aÿ-Champagne, 83.7% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near Marne’s towns (85.0%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). Ranked by results, schools here are #17 of 22 in Marne.
93%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
Incomes in Aÿ-Champagne run higher than in both Marne’s towns and compared French towns: a median €27,400 a year per consumption unit
Nearly a tenth of the labour force are out of work. Per resident in work, Aÿ-Champagne counts 1 jobs (2,150 jobs, 2,150 workers). Public transport took 3.8% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
15%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving81%
On foot9%
Public transport4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter0%
2,150
jobs based in Aÿ-Champagne, 1 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,400
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 82% 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 only 12% of Aÿ-Champagne, fewer than in both Marne’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, higher than both Marne’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.8% of the town. Typical age in Aÿ-Champagne: 51.9, the median.
51.9median age
Aÿ-ChampagneMarne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
30%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma25%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Aÿ-Champagne keeps more of its old housing than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 19% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Since 2016, part of the town has been a site patrimonial remarquable, a protected historic area. Churches, chapels and other religious buildings, 3 of the 4, make up the bulk. Among the classé monuments in Aÿ-Champagne is Église Saint-Hilaire. On the Culture ministry’s list, Aÿ-Champagne counts 4 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Adjusted for age and care homes, Aÿ-Champagne sees more deaths than 59% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 6 general practitioners in Aÿ-Champagne. Its two care homes for older people (257 places) count their residents as Aÿ-Champagne’s; allowing for them, deaths were 9% below expected. 961 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 733: 31% above. In Marne, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.9 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw131
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Aÿ-Champagne · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier D Epernay
3.3 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
Crime per resident in Aÿ-Champagne is lower than in 58% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 98 offenses in Aÿ-Champagne in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.6 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 15.1. The graded crime recorded most in the town was criminal damage (2025).
4.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage38
Burglary19
Family violence17
Vehicle theft13
Other physical violence6
Theft from vehicles5
Fraud36
Theft without violence20
Drug use7
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.
4.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
15.1
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
98
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
3.0%
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 · Small counts of sexual violence and armed robbery go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 3.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
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Aÿ-Champagne’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Aÿ-Champagne
Is Aÿ-Champagne safe?
It grades B for safety, #7 of 22 in Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 38 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Aÿ-Champagne good?
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #17 of 22 in Marne. 92% of 446 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent des métiers Stéphane Hessel in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Aÿ-Champagne expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,919/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Aÿ-Champagne grades A for cost of living.
About Aÿ-Champagne
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Aÿ-Champagne is a commune of 5,103 people in the Communauté de communes de la Grande Vallée de la Marne. 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
5,103 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Grande Vallée de la Marne
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.
