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The town, home to 1,585 people, lies in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France.
Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It skews young: only just over one in ten residents are 65 or over. Homes sell for a median €3,385/m².
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Charny 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 Charny 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.
Charny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Charny does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Charny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Usine élévatoire des eaux, in Trilbardou, 2.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Charny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charny.
Over-65s are just over a tenth of the population. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, below Seine-et-Marne’s towns (13%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Ages in Charny split evenly at 37.9: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Charny | Seine-et-Marne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 24% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 13% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 30% | 26% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 12% | 15% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 24% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 33% | 34% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Seine-et-Marne median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income is €31,740 a year per consumption unit. 13.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than Seine-et-Marne’s towns (31.2%) and near compared French towns (13.4%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €16.23/m² a month, close to Seine-et-Marne’s towns (€16.75/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Charny recorded 57 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses accounted for nearly four in five sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,333/m² | 45 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Women in Seine-et-Marne live to 85.4 on average and men to 81 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 75 deaths in Charny from 2016 to 2025; there were 69, 9% fewer. This Seine-et-Marne 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Charny. Best known first.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Charny yet.
Commune in Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Charny is a commune of 1,585 people in the Communauté de communes Plaines et Monts de France. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charny | 1,585 | — | — | C− | — | C+ |
| Chauconin-Neufmontiers | 3,784 | 3.6 | C+ | D | C | B+ |
| Annet-sur-Marne | 3,408 | 3.8 | B | C− | B+ | A− |
| Claye-Souilly | 13,353 | 4.3 | D | D− | D | C+ |
| Villenoy | 5,127 | 4.9 | C | D | B− | B |
| Crégy-lès-Meaux | 5,446 | 5 | B− | D | A− | B |
| Saint-Soupplets | 3,542 | 5.1 | B− | D | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Charny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Charny grades C− for cost of living.
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.