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A town of 1,133 in Vosges, Grand Est.
Igney has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 19% 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 3.9 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 one thing Igney does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Igney 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Igney: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1905.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Igney.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
That puts Igney above both Vosges’ towns (93) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 87 residents of Igney died, against 73 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That is the middle of 35 sales of houses and apartments in Igney 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 | €1,359/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
86.0% of candidates passed the bac at the lycées within 5 km of Igney, below both Vosges’ towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Elsa TrioletNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 102 | 98%+8 pts |
| Lycée des métiers de la mode et des services à la personne Émile GalléNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 83 | 86%−3 pts |
| Collège Louis PergaudBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 72 | 89%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
On this, Igney is below both Vosges’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Under-15s account for 19% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Igney | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 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.
In the comparison, Igney comes above both Vosges’ towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Igney: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Igney is Église Saint-Nicolas.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
For Igney, that is below both Vosges’ towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Igney has 300 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.5 per worker. Unemployment stands at 9.6%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Igney. Best known first.
Igney has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Saint-Nicolas: Photo: Rauenstein · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Igney.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igney | 1,133 | — | — | A | — | D− |
| Thaon-les-Vosges | 8,547 | 1.9 | B | A− | C | C |
| Golbey | 8,832 | 5.9 | C | B | B− | D− |
| Chantraine | 3,198 | 7.4 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Épinal | 32,251 | 7.5 | C+ | B+ | D | C+ |
| Charmes | 4,484 | 8.2 | D | A | D | D− |
| Rambervillers | 5,018 | 12 | C | A+ | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Igney has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 6.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 73% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €8.81/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Igney grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Igney is a commune of 1,133 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.