Dept 88 Rank #22 / 96
Vosges
Grand Est · Nearest city: Épinal → Nancy (~40 min)
🚄 TGV
Ballons des Vosges, rounded summits, glacial lakes, dense fir forests
Why this score · reflects your priorities
Vosges pairs affordable property, low natural-hazard exposure and mild summers with heavy rainfall, dull skies and cold winters as its drags. Les Vosges associent un immobilier abordable, une faible exposition aux risques naturels et des étés doux, avec pour freins des pluies abondantes, un ciel maussade et des hivers froids.
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Climate
Sunshine
1,866h/yr
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Sunny days
146/yr
days >50% sunlit
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Rain days
139/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer rain days each year.
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Annual rainfall
1,015mm/yr
total volume
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Heavy rain
8/yr
≥ 20 mm/day
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Torrential
0.3/yr
≥ 50 mm/day
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Hot days >30°
15/yr
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 fewer hot days each year.
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Winter mildness
2/10
-0.1 °C avg Jan low
Trend 2015-2025: January warming 0.3 °C per year.
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Wind
2.7m/s
annual mean
Trend 2015-2025: roughly flat.
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Muggy days
3/yr
TG≥22°C & HU≥70%
Trend 2015-2025: about 0.5 more muggy days each year.
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Avg max temperature · °C
5
J
7
F
11
M
14
A
18
M
21
J
24
J
24
A
19
S
15
O
9
N
6
D
2050 outlook TRACC +2.7°C · vs 1976-2005
Hot days ≥35°C ~+2 days · +1 so far
Tropical nights ~+7 nights · +1 so far
Frost days ~-28 days · -19 so far
Dry-soil days ~+25 days
Landscape
Landscape score
6/10
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Max elevation
1,363m
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Forest cover
50.3%
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Characteristics
🌾 Rural
Ballons des Vosges, rounded summits, glacial lakes, dense fir forests
Identity
Vosges is the birthplace of Jeanne d'Arc (chef religieux).
Notable figures born here
Jeanne d'Arc — chef religieuxÉmile Durkheim — philosopheMaurice Barrès — écrivainClaude Gellée — artiste peintreMarcel Mauss — philosopheEmmanuelle Riva — écrivainKalidou Koulibaly — footballeurJules Ferry — journalisteClaude-Victor Perrin — major généralYvan Goll — écrivain
Terroir & appellations
Vosges lies within protected appellation areas, including Munster, Langres, Miel de sapin des Vosges.
MunsterLangresMiel de sapin des VosgesBergamotes de NancyMirabelles de LorraineEmmental français Est-CentralGruyère (IGP)Kirsch de FougerollesMirabelle de Lorraine
Distinctions
Plus Beaux Détours de France (2)
- Julie Victoire Daubié
- Jeanne d’Arc
- Jardins de l'abbaye Notre-Dame
- Jardin de Callunes
- Jardin d'altitude du Haut-Chitelet
- Jardin d'Ode
Station classée de tourisme (25)
Risks
Safety score
8/10
Flood risk
Very low
% communes flood-exposed (GASPAR union)
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Fire risk
Low
Copernicus FWI · fire-weather index
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Seismic exposure
High
% in a seismic zone (most of France is)
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Major risks present
Share of the department's communes listing each risk category
Radon Very high 100% p93 of 96
Subsidence & cavities High 72.6% p58 of 96
Ground movement High 72.4% p51 of 96
Earthquake High 70.4% p46 of 96
Flooding Moderate 40.2% p39 of 96
Hazardous-materials transport Low 32.7% p32 of 96
Dam failure Very low 3% p26 of 96
Industrial hazard Very low 0.4% p9 of 96
Transport
Transport
9/10
2.5 h to Paris · TGV + closeness
TGV access
Yes
Direct TGV station
Highways
1
A31
Work locally
30.8%
work in own commune
Nearest hubs
🏙 Nearest city
Épinal → Nancy (~40 min)
✈ Airport
Strasbourg Airport (SXB) · ~100 km
🚄 To Paris via TGV
2.5h direct
🛣 Highways
A31
Services
Healthcare
6/10
APL 3.8
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Schools
5/10
Brevet 85%
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Fiber coverage
95%
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Intl schools
0schools
None in department
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People
Population
361,163
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Density
61/km²
Mixed
-24% vs median 81
32 387
Pop trend
-0.5%/yr
-0.7 pts vs median · p5
Median income
$24,500
standard of living · $/yr
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Poverty rate
15.3%
below 60% of median living standard
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Unemployment
12.4%
active population out of work
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Tourism
1 bed per 31 residents
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Age distribution · % of population
0-14
14%
15-24
11%
25-39
12%
40-54
14%
55-69
20%
70+
29%
Office professionals
10.5%
cadres · engineers, managers, professionals
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Remote work
4.5%
télétravail · works without commuting
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Socio-professional mix · % of occupied workers
Office
Managers & professionals
10.5%
At-home trades
Farmers
1.7%
Artisans & shopkeepers
7.4%
On-site · services, health, teaching, manual
Intermediate professions incl. nurses, teachers
25%
Clerical & service staff
27.9%
Manual workers
27.6%
Real estate
Median
$1,310/m²
$540 $2,690
House $1,320 Apt $1,330
+3.1%/yr 2023–25
Median surface
—m²
Taxe foncière
46.18%
typical commune rate · TFPB
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Price distribution across communes · $/m²
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