Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The town has 2,234 residents and lies in Vosges, Grand Est.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 17% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools, B for jobs & income and B for walkability. Over-65s are 36% of the population.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Sainte-Marguerite 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.
The 3 things Sainte-Marguerite does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Sainte-Marguerite 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.
Sainte-Marguerite has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Sainte-Marguerite, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Léonie de Bazelaire, born in 1857, is the one person born in Sainte-Marguerite before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sainte-Marguerite.
Children under 15 make up 11%, below Vosges’ towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 7.6% of the town. The age that splits Sainte-Marguerite in two is 56.5.
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
| Sainte-Marguerite | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.43/m² a month, close to Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.13/m² a month. 64 houses and apartments changed hands in Sainte-Marguerite from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,564/m² | 58 |
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.
382 deaths in Sainte-Marguerite between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 390: 2% below. In Vosges, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The nearest emergency department to Sainte-Marguerite is Chi Hopitaux du Massif des Vosges site Saint Die des Vosge, 1.4 mi away.
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.
Half of residents lived on more than €25,340 a year per consumption unit, above Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 10.6% of people in the labour force have no job. No commute at all: 3.2% of working residents in Sainte-Marguerite at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Sainte-Marguerite; none is classé, France’s top protection. 4.1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Sainte-Marguerite is 94.2%, about level with Vosges’ towns (93.6%) and above compared French towns (92.9%). The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph Julien SouhaitNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 87%+1 pt |
| Lycée Jules FerryNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 164 | 95%±0 pts |
| Lycée des métiers de l'ingénierie et des créations industrielles Georges BaumontBest against expectations: 10 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 71 | 96%+10 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
With 1,550 jobs for 850 working residents, Sainte-Marguerite draws people in from neighbouring communes. Recorded offenses here came to 20 in 2025. Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 7.4. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Sainte-Marguerite (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 25.7% of the index here. 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. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Sainte-Marguerite. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Pierre-Noël2.6 km northwest, in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Historic housePalais de la Galazière2.6 km northwest, in Saint-Dié-des-VosgesCathedralCathedralCathédrale Saint-Dié de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges2.6 km northwest, in Saint-Dié-des-VosgesArt galleryArt galleryLa cour des arts2.1 km northwest, in Saint-Dié-des-VosgesArt galleryArt galleryLa Friche2.3 km northwest, in Saint-Dié-des-VosgesPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Sainte-Marguerite has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Sainte-Marguerite.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marguerite | 2,234 | — | — | B+ | — | B+ |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 19,251 | 1.7 | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Anould | 3,234 | 5.5 | B+ | B | A | D |
| Fraize | 2,843 | 6 | B+ | A− | C+ | C− |
| Moyenmoutier | 3,134 | 8.1 | A | A | A | A |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Haut-Rhin | 4,851 | 9.9 | A | A | B+ | C |
| Raon-l'Étape | 5,886 | 11 | C− | A | C+ | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sainte-Marguerite has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade C+, better than 45% of compared French towns. 95% of 164 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Jules Ferry in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Sainte-Marguerite grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Sainte-Marguerite is a commune of 2,234 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. 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 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.