Esternay has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 21 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Esternay 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.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Esternay’s ages would predict, 122 per 100 expected, above Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Esternay comes above both Marne’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 214 residents of Esternay died, against 176 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+22%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw122
Adjusted122
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Esternay · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Antenne de Smur Gham
16.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Romilly Sur Seine
84.9 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Esternay than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.50/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Esternay, that is below both Marne’s towns (€10.89/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,580/m², comes from 58 sales of houses and apartments in Esternay from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,580/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Esternay€1,580/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Marne median€1,711/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,580/m²
58
€8.50/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.62 to €10.90/m² a month)
4.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.92/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,860
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Esternay keeps more of its old housing than Marne or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Esternay above both Marne’s towns (4.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Esternay: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Esternay is Château (ancien).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Incomes in Esternay are lower than in 81% of French communes of 1,000+
10.5% of Esternay’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 84% drove.
10%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot7%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
650
jobs based in Esternay, 0.9 per working resident
11.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,890
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Esternay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 17 offenses in the graded categories in Esternay in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft 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, 27.8% of the index here.
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence9
Criminal damage8
Armed robbery0
Fraud20
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
27.8%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Esternay
Is Esternay safe?
Esternay has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Esternay good?
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Esternay expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,580/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Esternay grades A for cost of living.
About Esternay
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Esternay is a commune of 1,748 people in the Communauté de communes de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais. 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
1,748 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Sézanne-Sud Ouest Marnais
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.