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A town of 4,484 in Vosges, Grand Est.
Charmes grades D overall: better than 13% of compared French towns. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Charmes does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Charmes 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 2 historic monuments in Charmes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
Wikidata records 5 people born in Charmes before 1900, the earliest Louis Léopold Buquet, in 1768.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Charmes.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Charmes above both Vosges’ towns (93) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 715 residents of Charmes died, against 464 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 54% 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 188 offenses in the graded categories in Charmes in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Charmes ranks 26th of the 27 compared towns in Vosges. For vehicle theft, 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, 0.8% of the index here.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On this, Charmes is below both Vosges’ towns (86.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). Schools rank #23 of 25 in Vosges.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Maurice BarrèsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 82%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 148 sales of houses and apartments in Charmes from July 2023 to June 2026, against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns and €1,349/m² for the median of compared towns in Vosges.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,570/m² | 106 |
| Apartments | €1,174/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 16.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, above Vosges’ towns (12.1%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). 14.2% of the labour force are out of work. Charmes has 2,350 jobs for 1,700 working residents, 1.4 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Charmes: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
In the comparison, Charmes comes above both Vosges’ towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 17% of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Charmes | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Charmes. Best known first.
The list names few of Charmes’ 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Maison du Chaldron dite des Loups: Photo: MARSON at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 1.0
11 notable people were born in Charmes.
Maurice Barrès: Auguste Léon, Public domain · Albert Tanant: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain · Marcel Goulette: Agence Mondial, Public domain · Louis Léopold Buquet: Jean-Joseph Thorelle, Public domain · Michel Gentot: ChapsalImagina, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charmes | 4,484 | — | D | A | D | D− |
| Mirecourt | 4,700 | 8.8 | C− | A+ | D | C− |
| Thaon-les-Vosges | 8,547 | 10 | B | A− | C | C |
| Damelevières Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3,080 | 14 | A+ | B+ | A | A− |
| Golbey | 8,832 | 14 | C | B | B− | D− |
| Blainville-sur-l'Eau Meurthe-et-Moselle | 3,893 | 14 | B | A− | C | D |
| Chantraine | 3,198 | 15 | — | B | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades D for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 67 acts of criminal damage.
They grade D, better than 10% of compared French towns and #23 of 25 in Vosges. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
By type: houses €1,570/m² (106 sales), apartments €1,174/m² (42 sales). Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.05/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Charmes grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Charmes is a commune of 4,484 people in the Communauté d'agglomération d'Épinal. 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.