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A town in Vosges, Grand Est, home to 2,319 people.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong: bac results 2 points above the expected rate; brevet results 1.1 points below the expected rate. Health is its weak spot (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saulcy-sur-Meurthe 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 Saulcy-sur-Meurthe 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.
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The one thing Saulcy-sur-Meurthe does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Palais épiscopal dit de la Galazière (ancien), in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, 3.4 mi away.
3.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe 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 Saulcy-sur-Meurthe.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Saulcy-sur-Meurthe can choose among 4 GPs. Weighed against its ages and care homes, Saulcy-sur-Meurthe records 105 deaths per 100 expected. From 2016 to 2025, 204 residents of Saulcy-sur-Meurthe died, against 195 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 5% more. Also worth knowing: in Vosges, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,613/m²: 58 houses and apartments sold in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe between July 2023 and June 2026. Houses were 72% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,768/m² | 42 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €25,550 a year per consumption unit, above Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.7% of working residents in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe at the census. 11.2% of people in the labour force have no job.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the collèges within 5 km of Saulcy-sur-Meurthe, 85.5% passed the brevet, near Vosges’ towns (86.0%) and lower than compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.9 mi away. General-bac pupils go 3.3 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Joseph Julien SouhaitNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 103 | 87%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Notre-Dame de la Providence PrivateNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 21 | 95%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 22% of adults. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Vosges’ towns (27%). Half of Saulcy-sur-Meurthe is older than 48.9, half younger.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saulcy-sur-Meurthe | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Museums in and near Saulcy-sur-Meurthe. Best known first.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saulcy-sur-Meurthe as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe is a commune of 2,319 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulcy-sur-Meurthe | 2,319 | — | — | A− | — | D |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges | 19,251 | 3.4 | C+ | A | C− | C |
| Anould | 3,234 | 3.4 | B+ | B | A | D |
| Fraize | 2,843 | 4.3 | B+ | A− | C+ | C− |
| Moyenmoutier | 3,134 | 9.9 | A | A | A | A |
| Granges-Aumontzey | 2,529 | 9.9 | A− | A− | A+ | C+ |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines Haut-Rhin | 4,851 | 10 | A | A | B+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saulcy-sur-Meurthe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 1.9 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B+, better than 70% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,613/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saulcy-sur-Meurthe 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 9, 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.