Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
This town in Marne, Grand Est has a population of 1,624.
Cernay-lès-Reims’s strongest subject is jobs & income — 1.5 jobs per working resident; 5.6% unemployment. Buying in is costly: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools lag: bac results 1.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.6 points below the expected rate. The rest of its grades are middling: B for health and B for walkability.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Cernay-lès-Reims has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Cernay-lès-Reims 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.
Cernay-lès-Reims has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
On the Culture ministry’s list, Cernay-lès-Reims counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1911.
1.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Cernay-lès-Reims. Best known first.
MuseumPalais du Tau5 km west, in Reims
MuseumMusée Saint-Remi4.9 km southwest, in Reims
MuseumMusée Automobile Reims-Champagne4 km west, in Reims
AttractionCryptoportique de Reims4.9 km west, in Reims
MuseumMusée-hôtel Le Vergeur-Maison Hugues Krafft4.9 km west, in ReimsChurchChurchBasilique Saint-Remi de Reims4.8 km southwest, in ReimsPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cernay-lès-Reims.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Houses were 98% of what sold. 41 houses and apartments changed hands in Cernay-lès-Reims from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.69/m² a month, between Marne’s towns (€10.89/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,831/m² | 40 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pro: 84% of 323 candidates passed at the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km. Near Cernay-lès-Reims, 86.3% of collège pupils passed the brevet, near both Marne’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest collège is 2 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Robert SchumanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 69%−8 pts |
| Lycée Jean JaurèsNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 318 | 96%−2 pts |
| Lycée Saint-Jean XXIII PrivateBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 219 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There is one general practitioner in Cernay-lès-Reims. Average lifespans in Marne: 84.9 years for women, 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 151 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 126, 17% fewer.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Homes from before 1919 make up 1.9% of the total, below both Marne’s towns (4.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Unemployment runs at 5.6%. 7.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Marne’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group makes up 9% of residents. Children under 15 make up 18%, above both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The age that splits Cernay-lès-Reims in two is 45.2.
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Cernay-lès-Reims | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 11% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 20% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 49% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people ran at 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 3.9 (2023–2025 average). Cernay-lès-Reims has 1,000 jobs for 700 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft, theft from vehicles and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 100.0% 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.
Cernay-lès-Reims has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Cernay-lès-Reims yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cernay-lès-Reims | 1,624 | — | — | C | — | B |
| Witry-lès-Reims | 4,950 | 2 | B+ | C− | B | C+ |
| Bétheny | 6,975 | 2.7 | B | C | C+ | A+ |
| Reims | 177,674 | 3.3 | D− | C− | D | C+ |
| Cormontreuil | 6,534 | 3.8 | C | C− | D | B |
| Tinqueux | 10,771 | 5 | C− | C− | D | B+ |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles | 3,566 | 5.1 | C | C | C− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cernay-lès-Reims has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns. 96% of 318 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jean Jaurès in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Cernay-lès-Reims grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Cernay-lès-Reims is a commune of 1,624 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 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.