Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 3,843 residents, it is a town in Vosges, Grand Est. 30% of residents are 65 or over.
Vagney grades A overall, better than 90% of compared French towns. That places it #5 of 27 in Vosges. Its strongest is safety (A+) — an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 6.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cost of living is a strength too (B+) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. What counts against it is jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 9.5% unemployment. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for schools and B− for walkability.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Vagney does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Vagney 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Vagney as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Deux menhirs dits Pierres-Fittes, in Remiremont, 4.1 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Vagney.
All told, Vagney had 40 recorded offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent was criminal damage (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 · When sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (12.8% of the index here). That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Under 15: 14% of residents. People 65 and over make up 30% of the town, higher than both Vosges’ towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Vagney split evenly at 51.4: half are older, half younger.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
| Vagney | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 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.
Advertised rents are estimated at €9.56/m² a month, about level with Vosges’ towns (€9.54/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). For a house, the estimated advertised rent is €8.48/m² a month. Houses accounted for 90% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,858/m² | 88 |
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.
From 2016 to 2025, 507 residents of Vagney died, against 523 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% fewer. 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 Vagney is Centre hospitalier de Remiremont, 5.8 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 · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The closest lycée for the general bac is 6.1 mi off. On results, collèges and lycées here come #10 of 25 in Vosges.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Ban de VagneyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 89%−1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €25,290 a year per consumption unit, higher than Vosges’ towns (€23,200) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, one in ten commuters got to work without a car.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Other places to visit and museums in and near Vagney. Best known first.
Nothing in Vagney is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 4 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Vagney as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vagney | 3,843 | — | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Saulxures-sur-Moselotte | 2,566 | 4.8 | — | A | — | C− |
| Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont | 3,818 | 5.3 | A | B+ | A+ | B+ |
| Remiremont | 7,388 | 6 | B | A− | C− | B |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle | 3,419 | 6.3 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| Cornimont | 3,027 | 6.4 | — | A | — | C |
| Saint-Nabord | 3,953 | 6.9 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #6 of 27 in Vosges.
They grade B, better than 56% of compared French towns and #10 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 Vagney grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Vagney is a commune of 3,843 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 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.