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A town of 1,019 in Marne, Grand Est.
Val-de-Vesle’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 3.8% unemployment. Schools are its weak spot: brevet results 3 points below the expected rate. It also trails on health (C): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too (C) — 61% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Val-de-Vesle 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 Val-de-Vesle 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.
Val-de-Vesle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Val-de-Vesle: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Val-de-Vesle.
7.2% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. The median disposable income was €30,130 a year per consumption unit, above both Marne’s towns (€24,755) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Retirement age and beyond: 17% of residents are 65 or older. 20% are under 15, higher than both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9.4% of residents.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
| Val-de-Vesle | Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.4% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 22% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 43% | 24% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
A collège lies 3.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul ÉluardNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 91 | 87%−3 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.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Val-de-Vesle records 95 deaths per 100 expected, close to Marne’s towns (92) and above compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 66 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 62, 5% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Val-de-Vesle is Hopital Maison Blanche Chu Reims, 9.6 mi away. The town has 4 family doctors.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Val-de-Vesle is Église de Courmelois. 5.2% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house rents for an estimated €8.59/m² a month. Val-de-Vesle recorded 28 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 96% were houses.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Family days out and heritage in and near Val-de-Vesle. Best known first.
Val-de-Vesle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église de Courmelois: Photo: Havang(nl) · CC0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Val-de-Vesle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val-de-Vesle | 1,019 | — | — | B− | — | C |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand | 4,895 | 7.1 | B+ | A− | B+ | C− |
| Cormontreuil | 6,534 | 8.1 | C | C− | D | B |
| Witry-lès-Reims | 4,950 | 9.1 | B+ | C− | B | C+ |
| Reims | 177,674 | 9.8 | D− | C− | D | C+ |
| Bezannes | 5,039 | 10 | B | D | C− | A |
| Bétheny | 6,975 | 10 | B | C | C+ | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Val-de-Vesle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.7 recorded violent incidents and 6.2 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 31% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Marne, Grand Est
Val-de-Vesle is a commune of 1,019 people in the Communauté urbaine du Grand Reims. 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.