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A town of 5,441 in Marne, Grand Est.
Saint-Memmie grades C− overall: better than 20% of compared French towns, and #19 of 22 in Marne. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 13.5% unemployment. At the median price of €1,579/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Châlons-en-Champagne. Its strongest is walkability (A): 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
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 Saint-Memmie does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Memmie 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 Saint-Memmie as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean, in Châlons-en-Champagne, 0.5 mi away.
2.7% 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 Saint-Memmie. Best known first.
CathedralCathédrale Saint-Étienne2 km west, in Châlons-en-Champagne
Art galleryMusée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Châlons-en-Champagne1.6 km west, in Châlons-en-Champagne
MuseumDuduchothèque1.6 km northwest, in Châlons-en-ChampagneAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre-aux-Monts900 m west, in Châlons-en-ChampagneMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Dames de la Congrégation de Châlons-en-Champagne1.3 km west, in Châlons-en-ChampagneAbbeyAbbeyPrieuré des bénédictines de Vinetz1.3 km northwest, in Châlons-en-ChampagnePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Memmie.
17.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, close to Marne’s towns (15.2%) and above compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €23,360 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.
On this, Saint-Memmie is below both Marne’s towns (85.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MoulinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 160 | 81%−6 pts |
| Lycée Pierre BayenNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 214 | 97%−1 pt |
| 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 157 offenses in the graded categories in Saint-Memmie in 2025. Violence against people ran at 7.5 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 20.2 (2023–2025 average). For sexual violence and armed robbery, 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, 0.9% of the index here.
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
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 475 residents of Saint-Memmie died, against 515 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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.
The median sale price was €1,579/m², close to Marne’s towns (€1,711/m²) and below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses in Saint-Memmie sell for €1,905/m² and apartments for €1,153/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,905/m² | 87 |
| Apartments | €1,153/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Saint-Memmie comes above both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). 23% of adults hold a degree.
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Memmie | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Saint-Memmie is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Saint-Memmie as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Memmie | 5,441 | — | C− | B | C | C+ |
| Châlons-en-Champagne | 42,971 | 0.9 | D | B | D | C |
| Fagnières | 4,858 | 2.7 | B+ | B+ | B | B+ |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand | 4,895 | 13 | B+ | A− | B+ | C− |
| Suippes | 3,938 | 14 | C+ | A | C+ | D |
| Blancs-Coteaux | 3,080 | 17 | A | A | A− | C− |
| Aÿ-Champagne | 5,103 | 18 | B+ | A | B | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #13 of 22 in Marne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 8 burglaries and 58 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 19% of compared French towns and #13 of 22 in Marne. 97% of 214 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Pierre Bayen in 2025, a point below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.70/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Memmie grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Saint-Memmie is a commune of 5,441 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.