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A town of 1,947 in Vosges, Grand Est.
Pouxeux has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.5 jobs per working resident; 11.7% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 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 Pouxeux does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Pouxeux 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 no building in Pouxeux as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Deux menhirs dits Pierres-Fittes, in Remiremont, 5.9 mi away.
15% 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 Pouxeux.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.75/m² a month, about level with Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Pouxeux recorded 61 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses were 87% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,444/m² | 53 |
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.
Collège pupils travel 2.4 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège René CassinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 92 | 86%−3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Vosges, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 167 deaths in Pouxeux from 2016 to 2025; there were 150, 10% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Pouxeux is Centre hospitalier de Remiremont, 6.6 mi away. There is one general practitioner in the town.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to B+.
16% are under 15, above Vosges’ towns (14%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 20% have a degree. Pouxeux has a median age of 44.8 years.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Pouxeux | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
The median disposable income was €24,760 a year per consumption unit, above Vosges’ towns (€23,200) but below compared French towns (€25,970). Bus, tram or train carried 2.5% of working residents in Pouxeux to work at the census. Unemployment stands at 11.7%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The 2025 count: 13 offenses in Pouxeux. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 3.2 cases of violence against people and 7 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes in the town, family violence came up most often (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, 37.9% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Pouxeux is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pouxeux yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouxeux | 1,947 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Éloyes | 3,138 | 2.2 | B+ | A− | A− | C+ |
| Saint-Nabord | 3,953 | 4.8 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont | 3,818 | 5.9 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Remiremont | 7,388 | 6.5 | B | A− | C− | B |
| Épinal | 32,251 | 6.9 | C+ | B+ | D | C+ |
| Chantraine | 3,198 | 7.6 | — | B | — | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Pouxeux has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C, better than 28% 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 Pouxeux grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Pouxeux is a commune of 1,947 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.