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A town of 423 in Marne, Grand Est. 28% of residents are 65 or over.

Is Verrières a good place to live?

Verrières is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Verrières stand out

The one thing Verrières does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Didier
Église Saint-Didier · Inscrit · Photo: WCOMFR · CC BY-SA 4.0
Verrières’ story

Verrières in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Verrières, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1934.

25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1934First protected: Église Saint-Didier
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Verrières.

Who lives here

Verrières has fewer young adults than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24

On this, Verrières is below both Marne’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Children under 15 make up 19% of residents.

47.2median age
VerrièresMarne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Verrières
VerrièresMarne medianFrance median
Under 1519%16%17%
15–248.4%11%11%
25–4420%21%23%
45–6425%25%26%
65+28%25%22%
No diploma23%24%19%
CAP or BEP34%28%26%
Baccalauréat16%18%18%
Higher education22%24%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes

History

Verrières keeps more of its old housing than Marne or compared French towns: 25% built before 1919

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

In the comparison, Verrières comes above both Marne’s towns (4.8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Verrières, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
16th c.
oldest protected part
1934
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Only 1.8% of commuters in Verrières go to work without a car, fewer than in Marne’s towns and compared French towns

For Verrières, that is below both Marne’s towns (15.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Verrières has 0 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.1 per worker. Unemployment stands at 8.9%.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
Public transport0%
0
jobs based in Verrières, 0.1 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

89.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Verrières sits above Marne’s towns (85.0%) and close to compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.

89.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Verrières89.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Jean Baptiste DrouetNearest collègeCollègeCollège8989%+5 pts
89.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +5 pts against the expected rate
2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Verrières than in Marne’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.81/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

That puts Verrières below both Marne’s towns (€10.89/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.81/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Verrières€7.81/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Marne median€10.89/m²
€7.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.20 to €9.83/m² a month)
€8.28/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

De Vaux and 3 more in and around Verrières

Other places to visit and heritage in and near Verrières. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Verrières

13pages on Verrières

Landmarks

Verrières has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Didier: Photo: WCOMFR · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Verrières

Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Verrières as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.

How we find them →

Verrières’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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Sainte-MenehouldSuippesSainte-MenehouldSuippesVerrières
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Verrières423—————
Sainte-Menehould4,1461.9B+A+CC−
Suippes3,93817C+AC+D

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Verrières

Commune in Marne, Grand Est

Verrières is a commune of 423 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Champenoise. 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
423 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Argonne Champenoise
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.7 km²)
INSEE code
51610

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.