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This town in Vosges, Grand Est has a population of 1,202.
Homes are affordable: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest is walkability: 21% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and B− for jobs & income. Homes sell for a median €1,500/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Raon-aux-Bois 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 Raon-aux-Bois 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.
Raon-aux-Bois has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The 2 things Raon-aux-Bois does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Raon-aux-Bois as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Abbaye (ancienne), in Remiremont, 4.7 mi away.
20% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Raon-aux-Bois is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Raon-aux-Bois.
Jobs located in Raon-aux-Bois: 100, for 550 residents in work (0.2 each). 3.3% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Vosges’ towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,760 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.34/m² a month, close to Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 37 homes in Raon-aux-Bois. Houses accounted for 97% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,540/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 84 deaths in Raon-aux-Bois from 2016 to 2025; there were 76, 9% fewer. Life expectancy in Vosges: 84.2 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Raon-aux-Bois come to 91 per 100 predicted.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, below Vosges’ towns (27%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 30% of adults. Raon-aux-Bois has a median age of 43.7.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Raon-aux-Bois | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 30% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
One notable person was born in Raon-aux-Bois.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Raon-aux-Bois is a commune of 1,202 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raon-aux-Bois | 1,202 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Saint-Nabord | 3,953 | 3.2 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
| Remiremont | 7,388 | 4.6 | B | A− | C− | B |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont | 3,818 | 4.9 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Éloyes | 3,138 | 4.9 | B+ | A− | A− | C+ |
| Xertigny | 2,589 | 6 | C+ | A+ | B+ | D |
| Épinal | 32,251 | 8.4 | C+ | B+ | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Raon-aux-Bois has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 4.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Raon-aux-Bois grades A− for cost of living.
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 November 4, 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.