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1,148 people call this town in Vosges, Grand Est home.
Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is health (D−) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 25% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too: 46% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 15% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Ban-de-Laveline 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 Ban-de-Laveline 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.
Ban-de-Laveline has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 3 things Ban-de-Laveline does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Ban-de-Laveline as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Tour des mineurs, à Echery, numéro 43, dite aussi Tour de l'Horloge ou Prison des mineurs, in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, 4.4 mi away.
26% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Ban-de-Laveline 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 Ban-de-Laveline.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Ban-de-Laveline has one family doctor. Life expectancy in Vosges: 84.2 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 136 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 109: 25% above.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Half the homes sold went for more than €1,667/m², above Vosges’ towns (€1,349/m²) but below compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Of the homes sold, 95% were houses. House rents are put at about €9.48/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,746/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
4.6% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Ban-de-Laveline holds 200 jobs; 450 of its residents are in work, so 0.4 jobs each. Half of residents lived on more than €24,430 a year per consumption unit, between Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those 65 and older account for 28% of residents. Children under 15 make up 14%, close to Vosges’ towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by just over a fifth of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Ban-de-Laveline | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums, heritage and gardens in and near Ban-de-Laveline. Best known first.
One notable person was born in Ban-de-Laveline.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Ban-de-Laveline is a commune of 1,148 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ban-de-Laveline | 1,148 | — | — | A− | — | D− |
| Fraize | 2,843 | 4.8 | B+ | A− | C+ | C− |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Haut-Rhin | 4,851 | 5.3 | A | A | B+ | C |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 19,251 | 6.4 | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Anould | 3,234 | 6.5 | B+ | B | A | D |
| Orbey Haut-Rhin | 3,429 | 9 | — | B | — | A− |
| Kaysersberg Vignoble Haut-Rhin | 4,383 | 12 | A | B+ | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ban-de-Laveline has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Ban-de-Laveline grades A− 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.