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A town of 1,046 in Vosges, Grand Est.
Uzemain has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 34% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 2% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Uzemain does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Uzemain 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Uzemain, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
25% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Christian Champy, born in 1885, is the one person born in Uzemain before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Uzemain.
1.6% 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%). Jobs located in Uzemain: 150, for 450 residents in work (0.3 each). Unemployment stands at 9.3%.
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.
At the median, a home went for €1,288/m², near Vosges’ towns (€1,349/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 36 homes in Uzemain.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,288/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.
Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Uzemain come to 105 per 100 predicted. France’s death rates at each age would predict 83 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 87, 5% more. Women in Vosges live to 84.2 on average and men to 78.6 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Uzemain is Centre hospitalier Interco E Durkheim Plateau de la Justice, 7.7 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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Uzemain, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 17%, above Vosges’ towns (14%) and close to compared French towns (17%). Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Uzemain | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.2% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Uzemain. Best known first.
Uzemain has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle de Thiélouze: Photo: Damdamdidilolo · CC BY-SA 4.0
2 notable people were born in Uzemain.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uzemain | 1,046 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Xertigny | 2,589 | 3.6 | C+ | A+ | B+ | D |
| Chantraine | 3,198 | 6.5 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Épinal | 32,251 | 7.5 | C+ | B+ | D | C+ |
| Golbey | 8,832 | 7.9 | C | B | B− | D− |
| Saint-Nabord | 3,953 | 11 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
| Thaon-les-Vosges | 8,547 | 11 | B | A− | C | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Uzemain has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.5 recorded violent incidents and 4.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Uzemain grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Uzemain is a commune of 1,046 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
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 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.