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A town of 1,093 in Marne, Grand Est.
Recy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 100% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.4 jobs per working resident; 5.3% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Recy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Recy 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 Recy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, in Châlons-en-Champagne, 2.9 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Recy. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Étienne4.8 km southeast, in Châlons-en-Champagne
Art galleryMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Châlons-en-Champagne5 km southeast, in Châlons-en-Champagne
MuseumDuduchothèque4.8 km southeast, in Châlons-en-ChampagneChâteauChâteauChâteau de Juvigny4.7 km northwest, in JuvignyChâteauChâteauChâteau de Villers-le-Château4.4 km southwest, in Villers-le-ChâteauAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Toussaint4.7 km southeast, in Châlons-en-ChampagnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Recy.
Recy sits below both Marne’s towns (10.4%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. The median disposable income is €29,630 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
That puts Recy below both Marne’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis GrignonNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 123 | 82%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Étienne OehmichenNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 141 | 95%±0 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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Recy is below both Marne’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price, so the Cost Grade uses rent alone.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Recy comes below both Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). 19% of residents are children under 15.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Recy | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.8% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Recy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Recy yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recy | 1,093 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Fagnières | 4,858 | 2.4 | B+ | B+ | B | B+ |
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 42,971 | 3.3 | D | B | D | C |
| Saint-Memmie | 5,441 | 4 | C− | B | C | C+ |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand | 4,895 | 10 | B+ | A− | B+ | C− |
| Suippes | 3,938 | 14 | C+ | A | C+ | D |
| Aÿ-Champagne | 5,103 | 14 | B+ | A | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Recy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 25% of compared French towns. 95% of 141 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Étienne Oehmichen in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Recy is a commune of 1,093 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) · 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.