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15- to 24-year-olds are 19% of the population. 4,895 people call this town in Marne, Grand Est home.
Mourmelon-le-Grand’s strongest is walkability — nearly four in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 27% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The town’s overall B+ puts it #4 of 22 in Marne. On that grade it does better than 71% of compared French towns. Health is a weak point (C−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At €1,706/m², the median price, 70 m² costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Châlons-en-Champagne. Pupils here do less well than most: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate.
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 2 things Mourmelon-le-Grand does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Mourmelon-le-Grand 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Mourmelon-le-Grand as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église de Courmelois, in Val-de-Vesle, 6.8 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mourmelon-le-Grand.
11% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 21%, above both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 18% of adults.
44% women, 56% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Mourmelon-le-Grand | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 19% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 19% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
6.5% of the labour force were unemployed, below both Marne’s towns (10.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €23,640 a year. Jobs located in Mourmelon-le-Grand: 3,150, for 2,600 residents in work (1.2 each).
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.
After the care-home adjustment, Mourmelon-le-Grand’s deaths ran at 101 per 100 expected, above Marne’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88) alike. From 2016 to 2025, 260 residents of Mourmelon-le-Grand died, against 257 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% more. The nearest emergency department to Mourmelon-le-Grand is Centre hospitalier Leon Bourgeois, 11.5 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Mourmelon-le-Grand can choose among 6 GPs.
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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 11 mi off. The town’s schools place #9 of 22 in Marne on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Henri GuillaumetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 127 | 87%−5 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, €1,706/m², comes from 116 sales of houses and apartments in Mourmelon-le-Grand from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.06/m² a month. Houses were 93% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,731/m² | 108 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Mourmelon-le-Grand comes 3rd of the 22 compared towns in Marne on the Safety Grade. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 9.7 violent offenses and 7.4 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Police and gendarmerie recorded 57 offenses in the town in 2025. More of the graded crimes locally were family violence than anything else (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 · For 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, 6.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Other places to visit and heritage in and near Mourmelon-le-Grand. Best known first.
Nothing in Mourmelon-le-Grand is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Mourmelon-le-Grand.
Jules Rémy: Photographie Alphonse Terpereau, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mourmelon-le-Grand | 4,895 | — | B+ | A− | B+ | C− |
| Suippes | 3,938 | 7.9 | C+ | A | C+ | D |
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 42,971 | 13 | D | B | D | C |
| Saint-Memmie | 5,441 | 13 | C− | B | C | C+ |
| Fagnières | 4,858 | 13 | B+ | B+ | B | B+ |
| Cormontreuil | 6,534 | 15 | C | C− | D | B |
| Witry-lès-Reims | 4,950 | 15 | B+ | C− | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #3 of 22 in Marne.
They grade C−, better than 22% of compared French towns and #9 of 22 in Marne. 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 €1,706/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mourmelon-le-Grand grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Mourmelon-le-Grand is a commune of 4,895 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 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.