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With 2,566 residents, it is a town in Vosges, Grand Est. 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Saulxures-sur-Moselotte’s strongest is schools — brevet results 4 points above the expected rate. Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 2% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saulxures-sur-Moselotte has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Saulxures-sur-Moselotte does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saulxures-sur-Moselotte 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.
Saulxures-sur-Moselotte has no overall grade because safety isn’t graded here.
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The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte; none is classé, France’s top protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 19th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.
19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Saulxures-sur-Moselotte. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Results rank its schools #3 of 25 in Vosges. The closest lycée for the general bac is 9.8 mi off. The nearest collège is 2.8 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Hubert CurienNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 66 | 98%+4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Homes sold for a median €1,514/m², higher than Vosges’ towns (€1,349/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 71 homes in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte. Houses were 83% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,657/m² | 59 |
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.
The nearest emergency department to Saulxures-sur-Moselotte is Centre hospitalier de Remiremont, 9.5 mi away. After the care-home adjustment, the town’s deaths ran at 102 per 100 expected, higher than both Vosges’ towns (93) and compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 392 deaths in the town from 2016 to 2025; there were 552, 41% more. In Vosges, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
People 65 and over make up 29% of the town. Children under 15 make up 16%, above Vosges’ towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 18% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 29% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 30% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 18% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte; none is classé, France’s top protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
After tax and benefits, the median income is €23,150 a year per consumption unit. 11.4% of the labour force are out of work. The census found just over one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among the graded crimes in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 14 offenses recorded in the town. On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 3.7 violent offenses and 6.6 graded property crimes a year.
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 family violence, other physical 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, 25.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Saulxures-sur-Moselotte has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saulxures-sur-Moselotte.
Jean Poirot: Heliot88, CC BY-SA 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte | 2,566 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Cornimont | 3,027 | 2.9 | — | A | — | C |
| Vagney | 3,843 | 4.8 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Le Thillot | 3,167 | 4.9 | A | A | B | B− |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle | 3,419 | 5.7 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| La Bresse | 3,853 | 6.4 | A+ | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont | 3,818 | 9.3 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Saulxures-sur-Moselotte has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
They grade A+, better than 96% of compared French towns and #3 of 25 in Vosges. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saulxures-sur-Moselotte grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Saulxures-sur-Moselotte is a commune of 2,566 people in the Communauté de communes des Hautes 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 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.
