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Saint-GenestVosges

This town in Vosges, Grand Est has a population of 131.

Is Saint-Genest a good place to live?

At under 1,000 residents, Saint-Genest is too small for the grades other French towns get. Just over a tenth of its homes are second homes. People aged 65 and over make up 60% of residents.

What makes Saint-Genest stand out

The 2 things Saint-Genest does most differently from other towns.

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Saint-Genest’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Saint-Genest’s story

No historic monuments in Saint-Genest

The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Genest as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Hôtel de ville, in Rambervillers, 5.1 mi away.

48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Genest.

Who lives here

Children make up only 9.1% of Saint-Genest, fewer than in Vosges’ towns and across compared French towns

People 65 and over make up 60% of the town, higher than both Vosges’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 0.8% of the town. Among adults, 28% have a degree.

73.4median age
Saint-GenestVosges medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma50%
CAP or BEP12%
Baccalauréat9%
Higher education28%

Women and men · all residents

67% women, 33% men

About 49 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.

Ages and diplomas in Saint-Genest
Saint-GenestVosges medianFrance median
Under 159.1%14%17%
15–240.8%10%11%
25–4415%20%23%
45–6414%27%26%
65+60%27%22%
No diploma50%26%19%
CAP or BEP12%29%26%
Baccalauréat8.5%17%18%
Higher education28%22%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Fewer people in Saint-Genest are out of work than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: 8.3%

Saint-Genest has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 1.6 per worker. No commute at all: 5.7% of working residents locally at the census.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot11%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Saint-Genest, 1.6 per working resident
8.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Saint-Genest than in Vosges’ towns or across compared French towns: €8.04/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

Saint-Genest recorded 5 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.04/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Saint-Genest€8.04/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Vosges median€9.54/m²
€8.04/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.33 to €10.21/m² a month)
€8.13/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Saint-Genest

11pages on Saint-Genest

Landmarks

Nothing in Saint-Genest is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Saint-Genest

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Genest yet.

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Saint-Genest’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Vosges →
RambervillersThaon-les-VosgesCharmesBaccaratGolbeyÉpinalRambervillersThaon-les-VosgesCharmesBaccaratGolbeyÉpinalSaint-Genest
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Saint-Genest131—————
Rambervillers5,0185.2CA+DB
Thaon-les-Vosges8,5478.8BA−CC
Charmes4,48411DADD−
Baccarat Meurthe-et-Moselle4,08912B−ABC
Golbey8,83212CBB−D−
Épinal32,25113C+B+DC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Saint-Genest

Commune in Vosges, Grand Est

Saint-Genest is a commune of 131 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région de Rambervillers. 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
131 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de la Région de Rambervillers
Département
Vosges (88)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.4 sq mi (6.2 km²)
INSEE code
88416

Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.