What is the lowest-lying town in Grand Est?

Courceroy (Aube) is the lowest-lying town in Grand Est: its town hall stands at 60 m above sea level.

What are the 10 lowest-lying towns in Grand Est?

In order: Courceroy (60 m), La Motte-Tilly (61 m), Vieux-lès-Asfeld (61 m), Brienne-sur-Aisne (62 m), Poilcourt-Sydney (63 m), Avaux (64 m), Auménancourt (64 m), Courlandon (64 m), Balham (65 m), and Blanzy-la-Salonnaise (65 m).

What is the highest town in Grand Est?

Aubure (Haut-Rhin) is the highest town in Grand Est: its town hall stands at 797 m above sea level. See The highest towns in Grand Est.

How many towns in Grand Est are ranked?

All of them: the 5,115 towns in Grand Est appear in this ranking.

Which elevation is used?

The elevation of the town hall, computed by the IGN elevation service (RGE ALTI terrain model) at the “town hall” point published by geo.api.gouv.fr. No regularly updated official source gives the lowest or highest point of a commune: its summit can be much higher.

Lowest-Lying Towns in Grand Est: 2026 Ranking by Elevation

This ranking covers all 5,115 towns in Grand Est. At the other end of the ranking, Aubure (Haut-Rhin) comes last with 797 m.

In France, a commune is the smallest unit of local government, from large cities to tiny villages. Paris, Lyon and Marseille are ranked as whole communes: their arrondissements (districts) have no rank of their own.

The ranking: lowest-lying towns in Grand Est

Rank	Town	Department	Town hall elevation (m)	Population
1	Courceroy	Aube (10)	60	155
2	La Motte-Tilly	Aube (10)	61	379
3	Vieux-lès-Asfeld	Ardennes (08)	61	298
4	Brienne-sur-Aisne	Ardennes (08)	62	280
5	Poilcourt-Sydney	Ardennes (08)	63	180
6	Avaux	Ardennes (08)	64	524
7	Auménancourt	Marne (51)	64	1,146
8	Courlandon	Marne (51)	64	308
9	Balham	Ardennes (08)	65	142
10	Blanzy-la-Salonnaise	Ardennes (08)	65	384
11	Asfeld	Ardennes (08)	65	1,101
12	Houdilcourt	Ardennes (08)	65	154
13	Marnay-sur-Seine	Aube (10)	66	240
14	Breuil-sur-Vesle	Marne (51)	66	335
15	Saint-Étienne-sur-Suippe	Marne (51)	66	360
16	Nogent-sur-Seine	Aube (10)	67	5,631
17	Fontenay-de-Bossery	Aube (10)	67	72
18	Aire	Ardennes (08)	67	252
19	Pont-sur-Seine	Aube (10)	68	1,108
20	Périgny-la-Rose	Aube (10)	68	164
21	Le Mériot	Aube (10)	68	626
22	Loivre	Marne (51)	69	1,459
23	La Villeneuve-au-Châtelot	Aube (10)	69	150
24	Marcilly-sur-Seine	Marne (51)	69	642
25	Dormans	Marne (51)	70	2,933
26	Esclavolles-Lurey	Marne (51)	70	659
27	Crancey	Aube (10)	70	703
28	Herpy-l'Arlésienne	Ardennes (08)	70	211
29	Barbuise	Aube (10)	70	445
30	Conflans-sur-Seine	Marne (51)	71	614
31	Muizon	Marne (51)	71	2,124
32	Boult-sur-Suippe	Marne (51)	71	1,824
33	Sault-Saint-Remy	Ardennes (08)	72	211
34	Magenta	Marne (51)	72	1,690
35	Mardeuil	Marne (51)	73	1,477
36	Château-Porcien	Ardennes (08)	73	1,304
37	Saint-Aubin	Aube (10)	73	591
38	Aÿ-Champagne	Marne (51)	73	5,191
39	Roizy	Ardennes (08)	73	230
40	Verneuil	Marne (51)	74	849
41	Taizy	Ardennes (08)	74	104
42	Bazancourt	Marne (51)	74	2,515
43	Acy-Romance	Ardennes (08)	74	487
44	Gélannes	Aube (10)	74	702
45	Le Thour	Ardennes (08)	74	361
46	Rethel	Ardennes (08)	74	7,674
47 tied	Champigny	Marne (51)	74	1,691
47 tied	Écly	Ardennes (08)	74	172
49	Chouilly	Marne (51)	74	1,085
50	Plivot	Marne (51)	74	771
51	Athis	Marne (51)	74	896
52	Sault-lès-Rethel	Ardennes (08)	74	1,932
53	Pars-lès-Romilly	Aube (10)	75	855
54	Anglure	Marne (51)	75	785
55	Tours-sur-Marne	Marne (51)	75	1,388
56	La Saulsotte	Aube (10)	75	685
57	Traînel	Aube (10)	75	1,109
58	Barby	Ardennes (08)	75	395
59	Saint-Just-Sauvage	Marne (51)	75	1,479
60	Cherville	Marne (51)	75	87
61	Cœur-de-la-Vallée	Marne (51)	75	648
62	Saron-sur-Aube	Marne (51)	75	273
63	Oiry	Marne (51)	75	896
64	Dizy	Marne (51)	76	1,507
65	Mareuil-le-Port	Marne (51)	76	1,167
66	Villiers-aux-Corneilles	Marne (51)	76	116
67	Bagneux	Marne (51)	76	410
68	Doux	Ardennes (08)	76	105
69	Saint-Brice-Courcelles	Marne (51)	76	3,607
70	Jâlons	Marne (51)	76	558
71	Fismes	Marne (51)	77	5,908
72	Allemanche-Launay-et-Soyer	Marne (51)	77	123
73	Étrelles-sur-Aube	Aube (10)	77	164
74 tied	Maizières-la-Grande-Paroisse	Aube (10)	77	1,560
74 tied	Marsangis	Marne (51)	77	46
76	L'Écaille	Ardennes (08)	77	267
77	Saint-Germainmont	Ardennes (08)	77	811
78	Saint-Hilaire-sous-Romilly	Aube (10)	77	340
79	Troissy	Marne (51)	77	850
80	Condé-lès-Herpy	Ardennes (08)	77	219
81	Ambly-Fleury	Ardennes (08)	77	132
82	Romilly-sur-Seine	Aube (10)	77	15,231
83	Coucy	Ardennes (08)	78	542
84	Aigny	Marne (51)	78	293
85	Aulnay-sur-Marne	Marne (51)	78	282
86	Courville	Marne (51)	78	457
87	Boulages	Aube (10)	78	229
88	Nanteuil-sur-Aisne	Ardennes (08)	78	152
89	La Chapelle-Lasson	Marne (51)	78	85
90	Isles-sur-Suippe	Marne (51)	79	987
91	Clesles	Marne (51)	79	626
92	Fontaine-Mâcon	Aube (10)	79	648
93	Villenauxe-la-Grande	Aube (10)	79	2,642
94	Amagne	Ardennes (08)	79	826
95	Juvigny	Marne (51)	79	962
96	Épernay	Marne (51)	79	22,628
97	Vouarces	Marne (51)	79	63
98	Condé-sur-Marne	Marne (51)	79	764
99 tied	Granges-sur-Aube	Marne (51)	80	186
99 tied	Saint-Remy-le-Petit	Ardennes (08)	80	56

Source: IGN, Géoplateforme elevation service (RGE ALTI); geo.api.gouv.fr (town hall position); elevation of the town hall of each commune. Not ranked: towns whose town hall elevation is not available. Tied values share the same rank. Data sources.

The lowest-lying towns in Grand Est

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