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Bignicourt-sur-MarneMarne

It is a town of 381 residents in Marne, Grand Est.

Is Bignicourt-sur-Marne a good place to live?

There are no grades for Bignicourt-sur-Marne: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Over-65s are nearly a third of the population.

What makes Bignicourt-sur-Marne stand out

The one thing Bignicourt-sur-Marne does most differently from other towns.

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Bignicourt-sur-Marne’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Bignicourt-sur-Marne’s story

No historic monuments in Bignicourt-sur-Marne

The Culture ministry lists no building in Bignicourt-sur-Marne as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église de Chatel-Raould, in Châtelraould-Saint-Louvent, 2.9 mi away.

3.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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Landmarks

Nothing in Bignicourt-sur-Marne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bignicourt-sur-Marne.

Who lives here

Bignicourt-sur-Marne has fewer young adults than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 7% are 15 to 24

52.8median age

The 65-and-over age group makes up 32% of residents. Degrees are held by 17% of adults, below both Marne’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Bignicourt-sur-Marne by age and the one in the middle is 52.8.

Bignicourt-sur-MarneMarne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma32%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

57% women, 43% men

About 75 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Bignicourt-sur-Marne
Bignicourt-sur-MarneMarne medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–247%11%11%
25–4417%21%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+32%25%22%
No diploma32%24%19%
CAP or BEP30%28%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education17%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Bignicourt-sur-Marne than in Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.8%

8%walk, cycle or take transit

Jobs based in Bignicourt-sur-Marne number 50, against 150 residents in work (0.4 per worker). At the census, 2.3% of working residents in Bignicourt-sur-Marne didn’t travel to work at all. Half of residents lived on more than €25,350 a year per consumption unit, close to both Marne’s towns (€24,755) and compared French towns (€25,970).

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot4%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Public transport1%
50
jobs based in Bignicourt-sur-Marne, 0.4 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,350
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

79.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate

79.0%passed the brevet

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.2 mi off. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.3 mi away.

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Bignicourt-sur-Marne79.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Pierre Gilles de GennesNearest collègeCollègeCollège7079%−5 pts
79.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5 pts against the expected rate
2.3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bignicourt-sur-Marne than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.07/m² a month

€8.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Bignicourt-sur-Marne recorded 11 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Bignicourt-sur-Marne€8.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Marne median€10.89/m²
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.28 to €10.36/m² a month)
€6.61/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bignicourt-sur-Marne

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Nearby attractions

Croix de Vauclerc and 9 more in and around Bignicourt-sur-Marne

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Famous people from Bignicourt-sur-Marne

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About Bignicourt-sur-Marne

Commune in Marne, Grand Est

Bignicourt-sur-Marne is a commune of 381 people in the Communauté de communes de Vitry, Champagne et Der. 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
381 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Vitry, Champagne et Der
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.1 sq mi (2.8 km²)
INSEE code
51059

Bignicourt-sur-Marne’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Vitry-le-FrançoisSaint-DizierVitry-le-FrançoisSaint-DizierBignicourt-sur-Marne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Bignicourt-sur-Marne381—————
Vitry-le-François10,9963.1CADC
Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne22,85816C−B+C−C−

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.