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A town in Marne, Grand Est, home to 1,742 people.
Sermaize-les-Bains’s schools beat most (A+): brevet results 10 points above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Sermaize-les-Bains 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 Sermaize-les-Bains does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sermaize-les-Bains 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.
Sermaize-les-Bains has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Sermaize-les-Bains has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1916.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sermaize-les-Bains.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 10 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis PasteurNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 96%+10 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.
At the median, a home went for €943/m², below both Marne’s towns (€1,711/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 49 homes were sold in Sermaize-les-Bains. Houses accounted for 98% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €926/m² | 48 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income is €23,250 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 11.6% 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%).
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.
The nearest emergency department to Sermaize-les-Bains is Centre hospitalier Genevieve de Gaulle Anthonioz, 9.2 mi away. Adjusted for age and care homes, Sermaize-les-Bains records 98 deaths per 100 expected, higher than both Marne’s towns (92) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 341 residents of Sermaize-les-Bains died, against 281 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more. Average lifespans in Marne: 84.9 years for women, 79.4 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, below both Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Retirement age and beyond: 30% of residents are 65 or older. Graduates make up 17% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Sermaize-les-Bains | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 17% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Sermaize-les-Bains is Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge. 6.9% of its homes were built before 1919, between Marne’s towns (4.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The commonest graded crime in Sermaize-les-Bains was criminal damage (2025). In all, 38 offenses reached the police record in the town in 2025. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 7.4 violent offenses and 15.7 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 · When sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (16.4% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Sermaize-les-Bains has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Sermaize-les-Bains 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sermaize-les-Bains | 1,742 | — | — | A+ | C+ | C |
| Saint-Dizier Haute-Marne | 22,858 | 10 | C− | B+ | C− | C− |
| Bar-le-Duc Meuse | 14,607 | 12 | B+ | A | C− | C |
| Ancerville Meuse | 2,569 | 12 | — | A+ | — | D |
| Vitry-le-François | 10,996 | 15 | C | A | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade A+, better than 99% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sermaize-les-Bains grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Sermaize-les-Bains is a commune of 1,742 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
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.