Cheap to live in, with trade-offs. Its weakest is safety (D): an average of 17.6 recorded violent incidents and 18.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At C− overall, Mirecourt ranks #25 of 27 in Vosges. That leaves it better than just over a fifth of compared French towns. It also trails on schools — bac results 2 points below the expected rate; brevet results 8 points below the expected rate. Where it does best is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Walkability is another plus — 87% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 20% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Mirecourt 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mirecourt.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Mirecourt than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: €7.60/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
No town in Vosges costs less to buy into than Mirecourt, at €851/m², the lowest of 30. Houses sell for €1,039/m² here, apartments for €757/m². 139 sales of houses and apartments here, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €851/m².
€851/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Mirecourt€851/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,039/m²
84
Apartments
€757/m²
55
€7.60/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.06 to €9.52/m² a month)
2.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.22/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,180
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Mirecourt Dompaire
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
More protected monuments for its size in Mirecourt than in Vosges or compared French towns: 15 per 10,000 residents
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Homes from before 1919 make up 18% of the total, above both Vosges’ towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Mirecourt is Couvent de la Congrégation Notre-Dame (ancien). On the Culture ministry’s list, Mirecourt counts 7 historic monuments: 4 classé at the top level of protection and 3 inscrit at the second. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1987.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Recorded crime per resident is higher in Mirecourt than in 92% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Mirecourt, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). All told, Mirecourt had 182 recorded offenses in 2025. The town comes 25th of the 27 compared towns in Vosges on the Safety Grade. It has 2,900 jobs for 1,650 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work.
17.6recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage57
Other physical violence49
Sexual violence30
Theft from vehicles14
Family violence13
Burglary11
Vehicle theft8
Fraud43
Theft without violence34
Drug use17
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.
17.6
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18.3
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
182
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
1.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.2% of the index here). 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.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Mirecourt than in Vosges’ towns or compared French towns: 82.0%
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Mirecourt is 95.0%, above Vosges’ towns (93.6%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. Its schools’ results rank #22 of 25 in Vosges.
95%passed the bac (general and technological)DSchool Grade
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
More people in Mirecourt are out of work than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: 17.7%
Half of residents lived on more than €21,870 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Mirecourt went to work by public transport.
20%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving75%
On foot16%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
2,900
jobs based in Mirecourt, 1.8 per working resident
17.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€21,870
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 86% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Mirecourt’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 85% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Its care home for older people (174 places) counts its residents as Mirecourt’s; allowing for it, deaths were 4% above expected. 779 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 571: 36% above. The nearest emergency department to Mirecourt is Centre Hosp Intercommunal de L Ouest Vosgien site de Vittel, 10.7 mi away. At birth, a girl in Vosges can expect 84.2 years and a boy 78.6 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+4%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw136
Adjusted104
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Mirecourt · 3.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre Hosp Intercommunal de L Ouest Vosgien site de Vittel
17 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Interco E Durkheim Plateau de la Justice
84.2 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vosges, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Students and young workers shape Mirecourt: 14% are 15 to 24, above Vosges’ towns and compared French towns
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, lower than Vosges’ towns (27%) yet higher than compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 23% have a degree. Mirecourt has a median age of 49.2.
49.2median age
MirecourtVosges medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
14%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Puits communal: Photo: Mique88 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de la Oultre: Photo: Jeanlouiszimmermann ( d · contributions ) · Public domain · Pont dit Pont Stanislas ou Pont Saint-Vincent: Photo: Mique88 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jack Lang: Osmar Arouck, Public domain · Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume: photo by Moulin Workshop, Public domain · Pierre Fourier: G.Garitan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugène de Mirecourt: Octave Jahyer, Public domain · Hector France: Charles Gallot, Public domain · Fabrice Lévêque: Alchemica, CC BY-SA 3.0
Mirecourt’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Mirecourt
Is Mirecourt safe?
It grades D for safety, #25 of 27 in Vosges. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 57 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Mirecourt good?
They grade D, better than 13% of compared French towns and #22 of 25 in Vosges. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Mirecourt expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €851/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Mirecourt grades A+ for cost of living.
About Mirecourt
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Mirecourt is a commune of 4,700 people in the Communauté de communes de Mirecourt Dompaire. 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
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.
