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Population 4,858: a town in Marne, Grand Est.
The picture is mixed. Its best grade is for walkability: 82% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. With a B+ overall, Fagnières sits #6 of 22 in Marne. Set against the rest, it does better than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. It also does well on health (B+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Schools lag: bac results 2.8 points below the expected rate; brevet results 3.2 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €1,686/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Châlons-en-Champagne.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Fagnières does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fagnières 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 no building in Fagnières as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is cathédrale Saint-Étienne, in Châlons-en-Champagne, 1.5 mi away.
1.7% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Fagnières. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Étienne2.4 km east, in Châlons-en-Champagne
Art galleryMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Châlons-en-Champagne2.8 km east, in Châlons-en-Champagne
MuseumDuduchothèque3.1 km east, in Châlons-en-ChampagneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre-aux-Monts3.6 km east, in Châlons-en-ChampagneMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Cordeliers de Châlons-en-Champagne2.6 km east, in Châlons-en-ChampagneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Toussaint2.6 km east, in Châlons-en-ChampagnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fagnières.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Fagnières is 89.9%, close to Marne’s towns (89.9%) and below compared French towns (92.9%). At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 78% of 288 candidates passed the bac pro. School results put the town #13 of 22 in Marne.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis GrignonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 82%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Jean TalonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 143 | 87%−5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Étienne PrivateBest against expectations: 11 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 48 | 100%+11 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
1,350 jobs are based in Fagnières, for 1,850 working residents (0.7 per worker). Bus, tram or train carried 3.7% of working residents in Fagnières to work at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €25,400 a year per consumption unit, close to both Marne’s towns (€24,755) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 341 residents of Fagnières died, against 427 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 20% fewer. Women in Marne live to 84.9 on average and men to 79.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,686/m², comes from 106 sales of houses and apartments in Fagnières from July 2023 to June 2026. The estimated advertised rent is €10.52/m² a month, near Marne’s towns (€10.89/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses made up 84% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,728/m² | 89 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
116 offenses were reported in Fagnières during 2025. Violence against people ran at 5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 13.9 (2023–2025 average). The commonest graded crime in the town was criminal damage (2025).
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence and armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (3.4% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Over-65s are a quarter of the population. Nearly a quarter of adults hold a degree, near Marne’s towns (24%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Line up the people of Fagnières by age and the one in the middle is 45.7.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Fagnières | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Fagnières is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Fagnières.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fagnières | 4,858 | — | B+ | B+ | B | B+ |
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 42,971 | 1.9 | D | B | D | C |
| Saint-Memmie | 5,441 | 2.7 | C− | B | C | C+ |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand | 4,895 | 13 | B+ | A− | B+ | C− |
| Blancs-Coteaux | 3,080 | 15 | A | A | A− | C− |
| Suippes | 3,938 | 15 | C+ | A | C+ | D |
| Aÿ-Champagne | 5,103 | 15 | B+ | A | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #5 of 22 in Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 17 burglaries and 46 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #13 of 22 in Marne. 87% of 143 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Jean Talon in 2025, 5 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,686/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fagnières grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Fagnières is a commune of 4,858 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Châlons-en-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.