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1,516 residents make their home in this town in Vosges, Grand Est.
Cost of living is its strong suit: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Where it falls short is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 36% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its other grades sit near the middle: B for jobs & income and B for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €1,389/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Bulgnéville 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.
The 2 things Bulgnéville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bulgnéville 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.
Bulgnéville has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bulgnéville as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin, in Malaincourt, 3.5 mi away.
11% 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 Bulgnéville.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 127 residents of Bulgnéville died, against 93 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 36% more. Women in Vosges live to 84.2 on average and men to 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. There are 3 general practitioners here.
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 · The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Of the homes sold, 98% were houses. The market in Bulgnéville: 47 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,389/m² | 46 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €26,010 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Bulgnéville number 1,150, against 650 residents in work (1.7 per worker). The jobless rate is 10.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21% of residents are 65 or over, lower than both Vosges’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. At 45.3, the median resident of Bulgnéville sits in the middle of the age range.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Bulgnéville | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage and museums in and near Bulgnéville. Best known first.
Nothing in Bulgnéville is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Bulgnéville.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgnéville | 1,516 | — | — | A+ | — | D− |
| Contrexéville | 2,923 | 3.2 | B | A | C | D |
| Vittel | 4,780 | 5.2 | A+ | A | B | B |
| Neufchâteau | 6,732 | 12 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
| Mirecourt | 4,700 | 15 | C− | A+ | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bulgnéville has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 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 Bulgnéville grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Bulgnéville is a commune of 1,516 people in the Communauté de communes Terre d'Eau. 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 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.