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A town of 3,853 in Vosges, Grand Est.
A town without an obvious weak point. Overall, La Bresse earns an A+: better than 97% of compared French towns, and #2 of 27 in Vosges. Safety is its strong suit — an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €2,419/m² takes 6.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes des Hautes Vosges. Work and incomes are strong: 1.5 jobs per working resident; 6.8% unemployment.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 La Bresse does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares La Bresse 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 no building in La Bresse as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Théâtre du Peuple, in Bussang, 8.9 mi away.
4.2% 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 La Bresse.
In all, 32 offenses reached the police record in La Bresse in 2025. No compared town in Vosges has less graded crime per resident than La Bresse: it ranks first of 27. The town has 2,300 jobs for 1,500 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. The commonest graded crime here was criminal damage (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Ouverte · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 23.9% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.7% of the town. Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, above both Vosges’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 23% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| La Bresse | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 35% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
2 GPs practise in La Bresse. Women in Vosges live to 84.2 on average and men to 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: 593 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 638: 7% below.
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 figures behind this are our own model (TownRatings), not official statistics.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in La Bresse goes for €2,184/m², an apartment for €2,507/m². This Vosges town is the second most expensive of the 30 towns in Vosges, at €2,419/m². The estimated advertised rent is €10.04/m² a month, about level with Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,184/m² | 138 |
| Apartments | €2,507/m² | 204 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The median disposable income was €25,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and near compared French towns (€25,970). 6.4% of La Bresse’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near La Bresse. Best known first.
Nothing in La Bresse is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in La Bresse.
Gilbert Poirot: Manuguf, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Raymond Perrin: Ji-Elle, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bresse | 3,853 | — | A+ | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Cornimont | 3,027 | 3.9 | — | A | — | C |
| Gérardmer | 7,581 | 4.6 | C | C− | C+ | C+ |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte | 2,566 | 6.4 | — | A | — | C− |
| Vagney | 3,843 | 7.8 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Le Thillot | 3,167 | 10 | A | A | B | B− |
| Granges-Aumontzey | 2,529 | 11 | A− | A− | A+ | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #1 of 27 in Vosges.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so La Bresse grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
La Bresse is a commune of 3,853 people in the Communauté de communes 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
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.