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CourcyMarne

A town of 1,240 in Marne, Grand Est.

Is Courcy a good place to live?

Courcy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): bac results 6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.5 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is health (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 26% 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 Courcy grades

Each subject compares Courcy 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

How TownRatings grades French towns →

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

No historic monuments in Courcy

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

The nearest classé monument is Abbaye et château (ruines), in Saint-Thierry, 2.2 mi away.

1.9% 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 Courcy.

HealthHealth A−

Allowing for age and care homes, Courcy sees fewer deaths than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 74 per 100 expected

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

Courcy sits below both Marne’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.

−26%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade

Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025

Raw74
Adjusted74
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Courcy · 4.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, American Memorial Hospital Chu Reims
6.6 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

Bac results near Courcy run low: 84.0% passed, below Marne’s towns and compared French towns

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

That puts Courcy below both Marne’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

84%passed the bac (general and technological)C−School Grade

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Courcy85.2%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Courcy84.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège du Mont d'HorNearest collègeCollègeCollège11292%−2 pts
Lycée ColbertNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée15584%−6 pts
Collège ColbertBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollègeCollège10578%+1 pt
84%
passed the general and technological bac, −6 pts against the expected rate
85.2%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −0.5 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

Who lives here

A town of families: 21% of people in Courcy are under 15, more than in Marne’s towns or compared French towns

On this, Courcy is above both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 19% of the population.

41.3median age
CourcyMarne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education41%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Courcy
CourcyMarne medianFrance median
Under 1521%16%17%
15–2410%11%11%
25–4425%21%23%
45–6424%25%26%
65+19%25%22%
No diploma13%24%19%
CAP or BEP22%28%26%
Baccalauréat18%18%18%
Higher education41%24%30%

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

HousingCost of living C+

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Courcy is €11.69/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.

€11.69/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Courcy€11.69/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Marne median€10.89/m²
€11.69/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.25 to €14.77/m² a month)
€10.01/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims

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

Work & commuteJobs & income A−

Fewer people in Courcy are out of work than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.1%

In the comparison, Courcy comes below both Marne’s towns (10.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Courcy has 150 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.3 per worker. The median disposable income is €29,840 a year per consumption unit.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving87%
Public transport6%
On foot4%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
150
jobs based in Courcy, 0.3 per working resident
4.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,840
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 56% of compared French towns

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

Nearby attractions

Musée de la base aérienne 112 et de l'aéronautique locale and 7 more in and around Courcy

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

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Courcy

14pages on Courcy

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Courcy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Courcy yet.

How we find them →

Courcy’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 →
BéthenySaint-Brice-CourcellesReimsTinqueuxWitry-lès-ReimsBezannesBéthenySaint-Brice-CourcellesReimsTinqueuxWitry-lès-ReimsBezannesCourcy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Courcy1,240——C+—A−
Bétheny6,9753.5BCC+A+
Saint-Brice-Courcelles3,5664.2CCC−C+
Reims177,6745.1D−C−DC+
Tinqueux10,7715.3C−C−DB+
Witry-lès-Reims4,9505.4B+C−BC+
Bezannes5,0397BDC−A

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

Questions about Courcy

Is Courcy safe?

Courcy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

Are schools in Courcy good?

They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

About Courcy

Commune in Marne, Grand Est

Courcy is a commune of 1,240 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
1,240 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
5.9 sq mi (15.4 km²)
INSEE code
51183

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.