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A town of 131 in Marne, Grand Est.

Is Cernon a good place to live?

Cernon is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Cernon’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cernon’s story

No historic monuments in Cernon

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

The nearest classé monument is église Saint-Étienne, in Bussy-Lettrée, 4.6 mi away.

26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cernon.

Who lives here

Cernon has fewer young adults than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 5% are 15 to 24

Cernon sits below both Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Children under 15 make up 25% of residents.

39.6median age
CernonMarne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education26%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Cernon
CernonMarne medianFrance median
Under 1525%16%17%
15–245%11%11%
25–4427%21%23%
45–6425%25%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma14%24%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat23%18%18%
Higher education26%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Cernon, 4.5%, runs below Marne’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Cernon below both Marne’s towns (10.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Cernon has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.4 per worker. The median disposable income is €28,590 a year per consumption unit.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
On foot3%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Cernon, 0.4 per working resident
4.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,590
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Cernon than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.08/m² a month

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

On this, Cernon is below both Marne’s towns (€10.89/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€9.08/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cernon€9.08/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Marne median€10.89/m²
€9.08/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.43 to €11.10/m² a month)
€8.71/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 Cernon

11pages on Cernon

Landmarks

Nothing in Cernon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Cernon

One notable person was born in Cernon.

Their page →

Cernon’s neighbors

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

All towns in Marne →
FagnièresChâlons-en-ChampagneSaint-MemmieVitry-le-FrançoisBlancs-CoteauxFagnièresChâlons-en-ChampagneSaint-MemmieVitry-le-FrançoisBlancs-CoteauxCernon
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cernon131—————
Fagnières4,8588B+B+BB+
Châlons-en-Champagne42,9718DBDC
Saint-Memmie5,4418.1C−BCC+
Vitry-le-François10,99614CADC
Blancs-Coteaux3,08016AAA−C−

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

About Cernon

Commune in Marne, Grand Est

Cernon is a commune of 131 people in the Communauté de communes de la Moivre à la Coole. 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
131 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Moivre à la Coole
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
6.2 sq mi (16.1 km²)
INSEE code
51106

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 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.