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The town has 1,662 residents and lies in Vosges, Grand Est.
Pupils here do better than most: brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is jobs & income: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 10.8% unemployment. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Fresse-sur-Moselle 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 Fresse-sur-Moselle 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.
Fresse-sur-Moselle has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 3 things Fresse-sur-Moselle does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Fresse-sur-Moselle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
15% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
André Boileau, born in 1894, is the one person born in Fresse-sur-Moselle before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Fresse-sur-Moselle has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Site minier du Thillot: Photo: BRUNNER Emmanuel ( Manu25 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fresse-sur-Moselle.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Fresse-sur-Moselle, 93.0% passed the brevet, higher than both Vosges’ towns (86.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). The closest lycée for the general bac is 13.8 mi off. The nearest collège is 1.6 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 93%+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.
At the median, a home went for €1,245/m², below both Vosges’ towns (€1,349/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses made up 79% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. House rents are put at about €7.80/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,621/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 180 residents of Fresse-sur-Moselle died, against 181 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 1% fewer. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 99 per 100 expected, above Vosges’ towns (93) and compared French towns (88) alike. The nearest emergency department to Fresse-sur-Moselle is Centre hospitalier de Remiremont, 13.4 mi away. In Vosges, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B−.
The 65-and-over age group makes up 29% of residents. Children under 15 make up 14%, about level with Vosges’ towns (14%) and below compared French towns (17%). At 52.2, the median resident of Fresse-sur-Moselle sits in the middle of the age range.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Fresse-sur-Moselle | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Households’ median disposable income: €22,630 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 10.8%, lower than Vosges’ towns (12.8%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 5.4% of working residents in Fresse-sur-Moselle at the census.
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 1 historic monument in Fresse-sur-Moselle, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
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 Fresse-sur-Moselle. Best known first.
2 notable people were born in Fresse-sur-Moselle.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Fresse-sur-Moselle is a commune of 1,662 people in the Communauté de communes des Ballons des Hautes-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresse-sur-Moselle | 1,662 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Le Thillot | 3,167 | 1.4 | A | A | B | B− |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte | 2,566 | 5.5 | — | A | — | C− |
| Cornimont | 3,027 | 6.5 | — | A | — | C |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle | 3,419 | 7.3 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| Giromagny Territoire de Belfort | 2,907 | 9.3 | C+ | A | B− | C |
| Vagney | 3,843 | 10 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Fresse-sur-Moselle has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 5.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A, better than 95% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Fresse-sur-Moselle 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.