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A town of 5,039 in Marne, Grand Est. 17% of residents are 15 to 24.
Bezannes grades B overall: better than 57% of compared French towns, and #9 of 22 in Marne. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 9.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.9 jobs per working resident; 7.6% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Bezannes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bezannes 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.
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Bezannes has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1912.
1.6% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Bezannes. Best known first.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims4.4 km northeast, in Reims
MuseumPalais du Tau4.4 km northeast, in Reims
MuseumMusée Saint-Remi4 km northeast, in Reims
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts de Reims4.2 km northeast, in Reims
MuseumMusée Automobile Reims-Champagne5 km northeast, in Reims
MuseumMusée de la Reddition4.9 km northeast, in ReimsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bezannes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 361 deaths in Bezannes from 2016 to 2025; there were 387, 7% more. Life expectancy in Marne: 84.9 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 25 GPs practise locally.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
At the census, 21.0% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above both Marne’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.95/m² a month, higher than both Marne’s towns (€10.89/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Bezannes recorded 165 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €12.09/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,476/m² | 47 |
| Apartments | €3,515/m² | 118 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Degrees are held by 51% of adults. 18% are under 15, higher than both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Those 65 and older account for 15% of residents.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Bezannes | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 17% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 15% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 15% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 51% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
With 4,900 jobs for 2,550 working residents, Bezannes draws people in from neighbouring communes. 2025 saw 164 offenses recorded locally. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 6.4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 22.1. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (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 · 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, 1.0% of the index here. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bezannes is Église Saint-Martin. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.6% of the total, below Marne’s towns (4.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 464 candidates at 5 lycées. Its collèges and lycées rank #4 of 22 in Marne on results. The bac pass rate near Bezannes is 92.2%, higher than Marne’s towns (89.9%) and near compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joliot-CurieNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 110 | 75%+8 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent François AragoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 113 | 90%−5 pts |
| Collège Georges BraqueBest against expectations: 17 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 59 | 85%+17 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Bezannes has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Martin: Photo: Fanny Schertzer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Bezannes as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezannes | 5,039 | — | B | D | C− | A |
| Tinqueux | 10,771 | 1.7 | C− | C− | D | B+ |
| Cormontreuil | 6,534 | 2.4 | C | C− | D | B |
| Reims | 177,674 | 2.5 | D− | C− | D | C+ |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles | 3,566 | 2.9 | C | C | C− | C+ |
| Bétheny | 6,975 | 4.9 | B | C | C+ | A+ |
| Witry-lès-Reims | 4,950 | 7.1 | B+ | C− | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #14 of 22 in Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 29 burglaries and 48 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 40% of compared French towns and #4 of 22 in Marne. 90% of 113 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent François Arago in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €3,476/m² (47 sales), apartments €3,515/m² (118 sales). Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bezannes grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Bezannes is a commune of 5,039 people in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims. 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 October 30, 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.