Calvaire (restes): Photo: Sminiou · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Enceinte protohistorique dite "Camp des Louvières": Photo: Sminiou · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vitry-en-Perthois.
Who lives here
Vitry-en-Perthois has fewer young adults than Marne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8% are 15 to 24
49.5median age
Over-65s are 27% of the population. Line up the people of Vitry-en-Perthois by age and the one in the middle is 49.5. Children under 15 make up 16%, close to both Marne’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%).
Vitry-en-PerthoisMarne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
2 historic monuments, the oldest from prehistory
2historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Vitry-en-Perthois counts 2 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Calvaire (restes). The protected list starts in prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Only 5.5% of commuters in Vitry-en-Perthois go to work without a car, fewer than in Marne’s towns and across compared French towns
6%walk, cycle or take transit
Vitry-en-Perthois has 150 jobs for 350 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Unemployment stands at 7.2%. Half of residents lived on more than €26,930 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Marne’s towns (€24,755).
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
150
jobs based in Vitry-en-Perthois, 0.4 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
87.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the four collèges within 5 km, a point above the expected rate
90%passed the bac (general and technological)
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Vitry-en-Perthois, 82.6% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below Marne’s towns (89.9%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.9 mi away.
Vitry-en-Perthois is a commune of 863 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
Population
863 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Côtes de Champagne et Val de Saulx
Département
Marne (51)
Région
Grand Est
Area
6.8 sq mi (17.7 km²)
INSEE code
51647
Vitry-en-Perthois’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
