Plombières-les-Bains’s strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 3% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Second homes make up 29% of its housing.
Figures: 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). Plombières-les-Bains 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 Plombières-les-Bains 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.
SafetyNot graded: over a quarter of the index would rest on the département’s average, where small counts aren’t published–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Bâtiment thermal gallo-romain dit Piscine Jutier · Classé · Photo: Avuxon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Plombières-les-Bains’ story
Plombières-les-Bains in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plombières-les-Bains counts 16 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 15 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1926.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1926First protected: Fontaine dite Source du Crucifix
1990The protected historic area is created
2024Most recently protected: Ancien Hôtel de voyageurs Sainte-Barbe
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Plombières-les-Bains.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Plombières-les-Bains costs less than in Vosges’ towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.53/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €947/m², below Vosges’ towns (€1,349/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²) alike. From July 2023 to June 2026, 76 homes were sold in Plombières-les-Bains. Among the homes sold, 66% were houses.
€947/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Plombières-les-Bains€947/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Vosges median€1,349/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€992/m²
50
€7.53/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.92 to €9.59/m² a month)
2.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.45/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,780
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de la Porte des Vosges Méridionales
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C−
Plombières-les-Bains has a higher adjusted death rate than 83% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Plombières-les-Bains is Centre hospitalier de Remiremont, 7.8 mi away. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Plombières-les-Bains come to 103 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 356 residents of Plombières-les-Bains died, against 261 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 37% more. 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.
+3%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw137
Adjusted103
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Plombières-les-Bains · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.8 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Remiremont
7.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Remiremont
84.2 · 78.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Vosges, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Older residents shape Plombières-les-Bains: 32% are 65 or over, above Vosges’ towns and compared French towns
18% of adults hold a degree, below Vosges’ towns (22%) and compared French towns (30%) alike. Under 15: 13% of residents. Add to that, the share aged 15 to 24 is 8.5%.
52.9median age
Plombières-les-BainsVosges medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma29%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education18%
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Plombières-les-Bains are out of work than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: 14.8%
Half of residents lived on more than €23,370 a year per consumption unit, about level with Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Walking, cycling and public transport carried nearly one in ten commuters at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving83%
On foot6%
Public transport2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
500
jobs based in Plombières-les-Bains, 0.9 per working resident
14.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,370
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 34% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Plombières-les-Bains is rich in protected monuments: 102 per 10,000 residents, more than in Vosges’ towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
35% of its homes were built before 1919, higher than both Vosges’ towns (13%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Plombières-les-Bains is Bâtiment thermal gallo-romain dit Piscine Jutier. On the Culture ministry’s list, Plombières-les-Bains counts 16 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 15 inscrit at the second. Protection here reaches back to Antiquity.
On the Culture ministry’s list, Plombières-les-Bains counts 16 historic monuments: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 15 inscrit at the second.
Bain des Capucins, ancien Petit Bain ou Bain des Pauvres ou Bain des Goutteux: Photo: Grandmou · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bain Stanislas, ancien Bain de la Reine, puis Bain des Dames: Photo: Avuxon · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bain Tempéré: Photo: Raphael Isla · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fontaine dite Source du Crucifix: Photo: Ji-Elle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Famous people from Plombières-les-Bains
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Plombières-les-Bains yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Plombières-les-Bains
Is Plombières-les-Bains safe?
Plombières-les-Bains has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Plombières-les-Bains good?
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Plombières-les-Bains expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Plombières-les-Bains grades A+ for cost of living.
About Plombières-les-Bains
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Plombières-les-Bains is a commune of 1,573 people in the Communauté de communes de la Porte des Vosges Méridionales. 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
Population
1,573 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Porte des Vosges Méridionales
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.
