Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,923 in Vosges, Grand Est.
Contrexéville grades B overall: better than 62% of compared French towns, and #15 of 27 in Vosges. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 9% 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 3.2 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 3 things Contrexéville does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Contrexéville 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 →
Contrexéville has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Contrexéville.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.45/m² a month, close to Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Renting a house costs an estimated €6.84/m² a month. Also worth knowing: among the homes sold, 76% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,287/m² | 66 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 18.1% of commuters travelled at the census. Contrexéville has 2,050 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 1.9 per worker. The median disposable income was €23,770 a year per consumption unit, about level with Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and below compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Vosges, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 279 deaths in Contrexéville from 2016 to 2025; there were 303, 9% more. There are 4 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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest general lycée is 13.5 mi away. Results rank its schools #7 of 25 in Vosges.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège LyauteyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 64 | 84%±0 pts |
| Lycée des métiers de l'hôtellerie restauration et du bien-être Pierre Mendès FranceNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 69 | 93%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Violence against people averaged 13.6 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 12.8. Police and gendarmerie figures for Contrexéville show 83 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes here, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 · For burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 3.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, higher than Vosges’ towns (10%) and near compared French towns (11%). Under 15: 13% of residents. Residents of Contrexéville have a median age of 50.2.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Contrexéville | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century. 7.4% of its homes were built before 1919, below Vosges’ towns (13%) and close to compared French towns (7.4%).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Other places to visit, museums and heritage in and near Contrexéville. Best known first.
The list names few of Contrexéville’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Contrexéville yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contrexéville | 2,923 | — | B | A | C | D |
| Vittel | 4,780 | 2.7 | A+ | A | B | B |
| Mirecourt | 4,700 | 14 | C− | A+ | D | C− |
| Neufchâteau | 6,732 | 15 | B+ | A+ | C | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C for safety, #18 of 27 in Vosges.
They grade B+, better than 74% of compared French towns and #7 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 Contrexéville grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Contrexéville is a commune of 2,923 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 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.