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A town of 1,647 in Marne, Grand Est.

Is Champigny a good place to live?

Champigny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): bac results 3.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. At the median price of €3,132/m², a 70 m² home costs 8.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims. Its strongest is health (A+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 38% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.

Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.

How Champigny grades

Each subject compares Champigny 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.

How grading works

HealthA+Open →Jobs & income1 job per working resident; 7.3% unemploymentA+Open →Schoolsbrevet results at the expected rateC−Open →Cost of livingC−Open →Walkability90% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 8% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to workC+Open →
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–

How TownRatings grades French towns →

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

No historic monuments in Champigny

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

The nearest classé monument is Église (ruines), in Thillois, 1 mi away.

2.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Reims and 29 more in and around Champigny

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Champigny. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (4)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Champigny.

HealthHealth A+

Allowing for age and care homes, Champigny sees fewer deaths than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 62 per 100 expected

Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.

In the comparison, Champigny comes below both Marne’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 60 residents of Champigny died, against 97 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 38% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.

−38%deaths against expected, after care homesA+Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw62
Adjusted62
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Champigny · 8.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
3.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, American Memorial Hospital Chu Reims
3.5 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Hopital Maison Blanche Chu Reims
84.9 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3

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

Schools

84.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the 10 collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate

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

88.1% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Champigny, below both Marne’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

90%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Champigny84.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Champigny88.1%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Paulette BillaNearest collègeCollègeCollège15182%−4 pts
Lycée polyvalent Saint-Michel PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée10998%+1 pt
Collège Joliot-CurieBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège11075%+8 pts

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90%
passed the general and technological bac, −3.4 pts against the expected rate
81%
passed the vocational bac, −2.5 pts against the expected rate
84.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +0.4 pts against the expected rate
1.6 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

HousingCost of living C−

Champigny gets a C− for cost of living

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

The median sale price was €3,132/m², above both Marne’s towns (€1,711/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²).

€3,132/m²median sale price

Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026

Champigny€3,132/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Marne median€1,711/m²
By typeMedian per m²Sales
Houses€3,132/m²36
€12.21/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.39 to €14.35/m² a month)
8.5
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€13.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims

Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Who lives here

Degrees are more common in Champigny than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: 45% of adults

For Champigny, that is above both Marne’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 19% of the town.

43.5median age
ChampignyMarne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma14%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education45%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Champigny
ChampignyMarne medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–2412%11%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6430%25%26%
65+18%25%22%
No diploma14%24%19%
CAP or BEP20%28%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education45%24%30%

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

Work & commuteJobs & income A+

Champigny is better off than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €32,890 a year per consumption unit

Champigny sits above both Marne’s towns (€24,755) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. 7.3% of the labour force are out of work. Champigny has 750 jobs for 750 working residents, 1 per worker.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
Public transport3%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
750
jobs based in Champigny, 1 per working resident
7.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€32,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C+
Walkability: better than 40% of compared French towns

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

Safety

Champigny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average

Police and gendarmerie recorded 22 offenses in the graded categories in Champigny in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 31.1% of the index here.

2.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year

Recorded by type · 2025

Vehicle theft9
Burglary8
Criminal damage5
Fraud10

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.

2.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
11.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
22
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
31.1%
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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Champigny

15pages on Champigny

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Champigny

One notable person was born in Champigny.

Their page →

Champigny’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 →
Saint-Brice-CourcellesTinqueuxReimsBezannesBéthenyCormontreuilSaint-Brice-CourcellesTinqueuxReimsBezannesBéthenyCormontreuilChampigny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Champigny1,647——C−—A+
Saint-Brice-Courcelles3,5660.9CCC−C+
Tinqueux10,7711.8C−C−DB+
Reims177,6743D−C−DC+
Bezannes5,0393.4BDC−A
Bétheny6,9753.9BCC+A+
Cormontreuil6,5344.9CC−DB

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

Questions about Champigny

Is Champigny safe?

Champigny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.5 recorded violent incidents and 11.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 5 acts of criminal damage.

Are schools in Champigny good?

They grade C−, better than 20% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 98% of 109 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Saint-Michel in 2025, a point above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Is Champigny expensive to live in?

Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.21/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Champigny grades C− for cost of living.

About Champigny

Commune in Marne, Grand Est

Champigny is a commune of 1,647 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

Population
1,647 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
1.7 sq mi (4.5 km²)
INSEE code
51118

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.