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

Is Courville a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Courville is too small for the grades other French towns get.

Église Saint-Julien
Église Saint-Julien · Classé · Photo: Martpan · CC BY-SA 3.0
Courville’s story

Courville in pictures

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

The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1920.

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

  • 1920First protected: Église Saint-Julien
Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Courville.

Who lives here

Courville has fewer older residents than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 17% are 65 or over

Just over a third of adults hold a degree. The 15-to-24 age group: 13%, above both Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 count for 19% of the people here.

41.5median age
CourvilleMarne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma15%
CAP or BEP23%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education34%

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 Courville
CourvilleMarne medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–2413%11%11%
25–4422%21%23%
45–6429%25%26%
65+17%25%22%
No diploma15%24%19%
CAP or BEP23%28%26%
Baccalauréat22%18%18%
Higher education34%24%30%

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

History

Courville keeps more of its old housing than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 26% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Courville is Église Saint-Julien. The protected list starts in the 11th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

11th c.
oldest protected part
1920
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Unemployment in Courville, 6.5%, runs below Marne’s towns and compared French towns

Half of residents lived on more than €27,700 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Marne’s towns (€24,755) and compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs based in Courville number 50, against 200 residents in work (0.3 per worker). The census found 5.0% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport3%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Courville, 0.3 per working resident
6.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,700
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

83.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 5.4 points below the expected rate

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

General-bac pupils go 14.2 mi to the nearest lycée. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.4 mi away.

83.9%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Courville83.9%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Thibaud de ChampagneNearest collègeCollègeCollège12377%−12 pts
Collège Sainte-Macre PrivateBest against expectations: 8 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège6098%+8 pts
83.9%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5.4 pts against the expected rate
2.4 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Renting in Courville costs less than in Marne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.25/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 12 homes were sold in Courville.

€9.25/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Courville€9.25/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Marne median€10.89/m²
€9.25/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.46 to €11.46/m² a month)
€8.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Musée France 40 Véhicules and 5 more in and around Courville

Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Courville. Best known first.

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

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

Photo credits (1)
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Courville

13pages on Courville

Landmarks

Courville has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

All monuments →
Photo credits

Église Saint-Julien: Photo: Martpan · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Courville

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

How we find them →

Courville’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 →
FismesFère-en-TardenoisSaint-Brice-CourcellesTinqueuxDormansBezannesFismesFère-en-TardenoisSaint-Brice-CourcellesTinqueuxDormansBezannesCourville
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Courville448—————
Fismes5,8502.8C−B+C+D
Fère-en-Tardenois Aisne2,8369.7CB+CC
Saint-Brice-Courcelles3,56613CCC−C+
Tinqueux10,77113C−C−DB+
Dormans2,89014BA−B+D
Bezannes5,03914BDC−A

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

About Courville

Commune in Marne, Grand Est

Courville is a commune of 448 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
448 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.1 km²)
INSEE code
51194

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.