Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 3,234 in Vosges, Grand Est.
Anould grades B+ overall: better than 70% of compared French towns, and #12 of 27 in Vosges. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 12% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,805/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Its strongest is schools (A+): brevet results 7 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Anould does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Anould 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Anould as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Palais épiscopal dit de la Galazière (ancien), in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, 6.7 mi away.
4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Anould.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Anould is above both Vosges’ towns (86.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #1 of 25 in Vosges.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège de la Haute MeurtheNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 97%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Anould comes above both Vosges’ towns (93) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 325 residents of Anould died, against 290 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 12% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
For Anould, that is below both Vosges’ towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Anould has 700 jobs for 1,300 working residents, 0.5 per worker.
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 median price, €1,805/m², comes from 94 sales of houses and apartments in Anould from July 2023 to June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €9.54/m² a month, close to Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,841/m² | 88 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Anould sits below both Vosges’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Under-15s account for 14% of the population.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Anould | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Anould is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Anould.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anould | 3,234 | — | B+ | B | A | D |
| Fraize | 2,843 | 2.6 | B+ | A− | C+ | C− |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 19,251 | 6.7 | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Granges-Aumontzey | 2,529 | 7.8 | A− | A− | A+ | C+ |
| Gérardmer | 7,581 | 8.8 | C | C− | C+ | C+ |
| Bruyères | 2,923 | 11 | C | A | D | C− |
| Orbey Haut-Rhin | 3,429 | 11 | — | B | — | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It has less crime per resident than 93% of compared French towns: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It grades A for safety, #7 of 27 in Vosges.
They grade A+, better than 98% of compared French towns and #1 of 25 in Vosges. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Anould grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Anould is a commune of 3,234 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. 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
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 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.