Vrigne aux Bois grades C+ overall: better than 38% of compared French towns, and #6 of 12 in Ardennes. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,313/m², a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Ardenne Métropole. Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 8.8 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Vrigne aux Bois 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vrigne aux Bois.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Vrigne aux Bois sees more deaths than Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: 127 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Vrigne aux Bois is above both Ardennes’ towns (107) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 367 residents of Vrigne aux Bois died, against 289 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 27% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+27%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw127
Adjusted127
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Vrigne aux Bois · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
4.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Sedan
7.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch de Charleville Mezieres Hopital de Manchester
84.6 · 77.7
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Ardennes, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Crime per resident in Vrigne aux Bois runs lower than in 74% of compared French towns
Vrigne aux Bois ranks first of the 12 compared towns in Ardennes on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 49 offenses in the graded categories in Vrigne aux Bois in 2025. For sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 7.2% of the index here.
8.8recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearB+Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage27
Family violence16
Other physical violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud16
Theft without violence10
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
8.8
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
49
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
7.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Vrigne aux Bois than in Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: 8.3%
In the comparison, Vrigne aux Bois comes below both Ardennes’ towns (15.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 14.8% of the labour force are out of work. Vrigne aux Bois has 1,400 jobs for 1,350 working residents, 1 per worker.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving86%
On foot5%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Public transport1%
1,400
jobs based in Vrigne aux Bois, 1 per working resident
14.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,470
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 65% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
History
Vrigne aux Bois keeps more of its old housing than Ardennes or compared French towns: 16% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Vrigne aux Bois sits above both Ardennes’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (7.4%) on this measure. The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Vrigne aux Bois, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A typical mix of ages for France
10% of residents are 15 to 24 and 22% are 65 or over, against 10% and 25% in the median compared commune of Ardennes. 20% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Ardennes 17%, France 30%).
44.9median age
Vrigne aux BoisArdennes medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
22%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Vrigne aux Bois
Is Vrigne aux Bois safe?
It grades B+ for safety, #1 of 12 in Ardennes.
Are schools in Vrigne aux Bois good?
They grade C+, better than 39% of compared French towns and #4 of 12 in Ardennes. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Vrigne aux Bois expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Vrigne aux Bois grades B for cost of living.
About Vrigne aux Bois
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Vrigne aux Bois is a commune of 3,518 people in the Ardenne Métropole. 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
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.
