Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,589 in Vosges, Grand Est.
Xertigny grades C+ overall: better than 42% of compared French towns, and #18 of 27 in Vosges. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 11% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. 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 overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Xertigny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Xertigny 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 Xertigny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bâtiment thermal gallo-romain dit Piscine Jutier, in Plombières-les-Bains, 6.7 mi away.
23% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Xertigny.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,293/m², near Vosges’ towns (€1,349/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 66 homes were sold in Xertigny.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,293/m² | 66 |
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.
452 deaths in Xertigny between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 327: 38% above. The nearest emergency department to Xertigny is Centre hospitalier Interco E Durkheim Plateau de la Justice, 9.6 mi away. This Vosges town has 2 family doctors. 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 0.8 mi away. Schools rank #21 of 25 in Vosges. General-bac pupils go 8.8 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Camille ClaudelNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 87%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 48 offenses in Xertigny in 2025. Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 5.9 cases of violence against people and 10.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 14.1% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Among adults, 19% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 16%, above Vosges’ towns (14%) but below compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: 27% of residents are 65 or older.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
| Xertigny | Vosges median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Vosges median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nearly one in ten commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, about level with Vosges’ towns (12.1%) and below compared French towns (13.4%). At the census, 3.3% of working residents in Xertigny didn’t travel to work at all. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,270 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Gardens, heritage and other places to visit in and near Xertigny. Best known first.
Nothing in Xertigny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Xertigny.
André Sérot: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xertigny | 2,589 | — | C+ | A+ | B+ | D |
| Chantraine | 3,198 | 8.7 | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Nabord | 3,953 | 8.7 | A+ | A− | A+ | A |
| Le Val-d'Ajol | 3,885 | 9.2 | A− | A+ | A | D |
| Épinal | 32,251 | 9.3 | C+ | B+ | D | C+ |
| Remiremont | 7,388 | 9.7 | B | A− | C− | B |
| Golbey | 8,832 | 10 | C | B | B− | D− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #11 of 27 in Vosges. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 29 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns and #21 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 Xertigny grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Vosges, Grand Est
Xertigny is a commune of 2,589 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.
