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A town of 1,322 in Marne, Grand Est.
Damery has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 0.9 jobs per working resident; 6.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Damery 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Damery: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1911.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Damery.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For Damery, that is below both Marne’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 122 residents of Damery died, against 131 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
Damery sits below both Marne’s towns (10.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €28,820 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 57 sales of houses and apartments in Damery from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,711/m² for the median of compared towns in Marne.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,054/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
That puts Damery below both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). 27% of residents are 65 or over.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Damery | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Damery is above both Marne’s towns (4.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Damery: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Damery is Église Saint-Georges.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Damery has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Georges: Photo: MOSSOT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Damery as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damery | 1,322 | — | — | B+ | — | A |
| Épernay | 22,174 | 4.2 | D | B | D | C− |
| Aÿ-Champagne | 5,103 | 6.5 | B+ | A | B | C+ |
| Dormans | 2,890 | 11 | B | A− | B+ | D |
| Bezannes | 5,039 | 12 | B | D | C− | A |
| Blancs-Coteaux | 3,080 | 13 | A | A | A− | C− |
| Cormontreuil | 6,534 | 13 | C | C− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Damery has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €10.49/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Damery grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Damery is a commune of 1,322 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
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.