Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for health (D−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It also trails on jobs & income: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 18.6% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for safety and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Pargny-sur-Saulx 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.
Each subject compares Pargny-sur-Saulx 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pargny-sur-Saulx.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Pargny-sur-Saulx costs less than in both Marne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.07/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €945/m², below Marne’s towns (€1,711/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. The sales split: 98% houses, the rest apartments. Pargny-sur-Saulx recorded 61 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
€945/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Pargny-sur-Saulx€945/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Marne median€1,711/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€966/m²
60
€8.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.28 to €10.36/m² a month)
2.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,480
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D−
Pargny-sur-Saulx loses more people than its age profile suggests, 120 per 100 expected, above Marne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Pargny-sur-Saulx is Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz, 9.4 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 162 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 195, 20% more. Life expectancy at birth in Marne is 84.9 years for women and 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises in the town.
+20%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw120
Adjusted120
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Pargny-sur-Saulx · 3.8 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
9.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz
9.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz
84.9 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Marne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Pargny-sur-Saulx is Église de l'Assomption. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 13th century. 6.5% of its homes were built before 1919, above Marne’s towns (4.8%) but below compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Pargny-sur-Saulx has less crime per resident than 58% of compared French towns
For 2025, the figures show 27 offenses in Pargny-sur-Saulx. Violence against people ran at 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 12.3 (2023–2025 average). More of the graded crimes here were family violence than anything else (2025).
7.5recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearBSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence14
Criminal damage13
Armed robbery0
Fraud12
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.
7.5
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
12.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
27
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
21.4%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 21.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Pargny-sur-Saulx hold a degree than in Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.7%
16% are under 15, about level with Marne’s towns (16%) and below compared French towns (17%). Pargny-sur-Saulx has a median age of 47.5. Retirement age and beyond: a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
47.5median age
Pargny-sur-SaulxMarne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma45%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education8%
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D−
Unemployment in Pargny-sur-Saulx, 18.6%, runs above Marne’s towns and compared French towns
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €20,520 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 7.1% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Marne’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot4%
Bicycle2%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter0%
300
jobs based in Pargny-sur-Saulx, 0.5 per working resident
18.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,520
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 52% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Pargny-sur-Saulx
Is Pargny-sur-Saulx expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Pargny-sur-Saulx grades A+ for cost of living.
About Pargny-sur-Saulx
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Pargny-sur-Saulx is a commune of 1,654 people in the Communauté de communes Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx. 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
1,654 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx
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.
