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This town in Marne, Grand Est has a population of 2,173.
Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 15% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Schools are its weak spot (D−): brevet results 14 points below the expected rate. Health is weaker too: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Fère-Champenoise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Fère-Champenoise does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Fère-Champenoise 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.
Fère-Champenoise has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Fère-Champenoise as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge, in Corroy, 4.5 mi away.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fère-Champenoise.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 12.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Stéphane MallarméNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 65 | 65%−14 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,063/m², comes from 52 sales of houses and apartments in Fère-Champenoise from July 2023 to June 2026. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté de communes du Sud Marnais. Also worth knowing: a house rents for an estimated €8.71/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,083/m² | 50 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Marne can expect 84.9 years and a boy 79.4 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. From 2016 to 2025, 231 residents of Fère-Champenoise died, against 203 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 14% more. The nearest emergency department to Fère-Champenoise is Antenne de Smur Gham, 12.1 mi away. There are 2 general practitioners locally.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
The median disposable income was €24,240 a year per consumption unit, about level with Marne’s towns (€24,755) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Fère-Champenoise holds 850 jobs; 850 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. The jobless rate is 12.0%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In 2025, criminal damage led the graded crimes in Fère-Champenoise. The town’s tally for 2025: 38 recorded offenses. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 8.3 violent offenses and 16 graded property crimes a year.
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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 9.0% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Residents of Fère-Champenoise have a median age of 46.9. 18% are under 15, higher than Marne’s towns (16%) and near compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Fère-Champenoise | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 31% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Fère-Champenoise is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Fère-Champenoise.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fère-Champenoise | 2,173 | — | — | A+ | C+ | D |
| Blancs-Coteaux | 3,080 | 11 | A | A | A− | C− |
| Sézanne | 4,576 | 12 | C+ | A | C− | B− |
| Arcis-sur-Aube Aube | 2,785 | 17 | C | A+ | C− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D−, better than 0% of compared French towns. 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 €1,063/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fère-Champenoise grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Fère-Champenoise is a commune of 2,173 people in the Communauté de communes du Sud 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
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 November 4, 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.