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642 people call this town in Marne, Grand Est home.

Is Cœur-de-la-Vallée a good place to live?

Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Cœur-de-la-Vallée has none.

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Église · Classé · Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cœur-de-la-Vallée’s story

Cœur-de-la-Vallée in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Cœur-de-la-Vallée: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Louis Marie Gaussart, born in 1773, is the one person born in Cœur-de-la-Vallée before 1900 that Wikidata records.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cœur-de-la-Vallée.

History

Old homes shape Cœur-de-la-Vallée: 16% were built before 1919, more than in Marne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1919
first monument protected
16%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Children make up only 15% of Cœur-de-la-Vallée, fewer than in Marne’s towns and compared French towns

Degrees are held by 24% of adults. Half of Cœur-de-la-Vallée is older than 46.8, half younger. Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over one in ten residents, near both Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%).

46.8median age
Cœur-de-la-ValléeMarne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Cœur-de-la-Vallée
Cœur-de-la-ValléeMarne medianFrance median
Under 1515%16%17%
15–2411%11%11%
25–4421%21%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+24%25%22%
No diploma25%24%19%
CAP or BEP29%28%26%
Baccalauréat17%18%18%
Higher education24%24%30%

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

Work & commute

Cœur-de-la-Vallée is better off than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: the median disposable income is €33,460 a year per consumption unit

7.5% of the labour force are out of work. Per resident in work, Cœur-de-la-Vallée counts 1.1 jobs (350 jobs, 300 workers). At the census, 12.2% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Marne’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
On foot9%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
350
jobs based in Cœur-de-la-Vallée, 1.1 per working resident
7.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€33,460
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
11%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

84.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 4 points below the expected rate

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

The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 8.1 mi off.

84.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Cœur-de-la-Vallée84.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège professeur NicaiseNearest collègeCollègeCollège6484%−4 pts
84.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −4 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Cœur-de-la-Vallée is €10.49/m² a month

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

The market in Cœur-de-la-Vallée: 15 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€10.49/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cœur-de-la-Vallée€10.49/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Marne median€10.89/m²
€10.49/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.38 to €13.12/m² a month)
€9.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Prieuré de Binson and 5 more in and around Cœur-de-la-Vallée

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Cœur-de-la-Vallée. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cœur-de-la-Vallée

13pages on Cœur-de-la-Vallée

Landmarks

Cœur-de-la-Vallée has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Cœur-de-la-Vallée

2 notable people were born in Cœur-de-la-Vallée.

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Cœur-de-la-Vallée’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 →
DormansÉpernayAÿ-ChampagneBezannesTinqueuxCormontreuilDormansÉpernayAÿ-ChampagneBezannesTinqueuxCormontreuilCœur-de-la-Vallée
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cœur-de-la-Vallée642—————
Dormans2,8907.1BA−B+D
Épernay22,1748.2DBDC−
Aÿ-Champagne5,10310B+ABC+
Bezannes5,03913BDC−A
Tinqueux10,77114C−C−DB+
Cormontreuil6,53414CC−DB

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

About Cœur-de-la-Vallée

Commune in Marne, Grand Est

Cœur-de-la-Vallée is a commune of 642 people in the Communauté de communes des Paysages de la Champagne. 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
642 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes des Paysages de la Champagne
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
5.2 sq mi (13.5 km²)
INSEE code
51457

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 8, 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.