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Largest city in the Vosges department: the 2026 ranking

The 506 towns of the Vosges department (88) ranked by population, area and density, based on the official INSEE population figures in force in 2026.

The largest city in the Vosges department is Épinal, with 33,395 inhabitants (ranked 251st in France by population). The largest town by area is Le Val-d'Ajol (73 km²). The most densely populated is Golbey, with 943 inhabitants per km². At the other end of the ranking, Maroncourt has only 5 inhabitants.

The Vosges department has 367,295 inhabitants over 5,874 km², a density of 63 inhabitants per km², 1.8 times lower than the national average (110 per km²). It accounts for 6.5% of the population of Grand Est, the region it has belonged to since the 2016 reform (formerly Lorraine): see the ranking of the largest cities in Grand Est.

The 20 largest cities in the Vosges department by population

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Épinal 33,395 59 564 251st
2 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,721 46 427 501st
3 Golbey 8,950 9.5 943 1,195th
4 Thaon-les-Vosges 8,806 28 310 1,217th
5 Gérardmer 8,159 55 149 1,334th
6 Remiremont 7,619 18 423 1,441st
7 Neufchâteau 6,981 32 219 1,582nd
8 Raon-l'Étape 6,010 24 253 1,876th
9 Mirecourt 5,166 12 426 2,208th
10 Rambervillers 5,078 21 246 2,248th
11 Vittel 4,912 24 204 2,320th
12 Charmes 4,530 23 193 2,535th
13 Saint-Nabord 4,211 39 109 2,717th
14 La Bresse 3,974 58 69 2,896th
15 Le Val-d'Ajol 3,971 73 54 2,900th
16 Vagney 3,958 25 159 2,914th
17 Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont 3,882 34 115 2,982nd
18 Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,478 46 76 3,322nd
19 Anould 3,299 24 136 3,487th
20 Chantraine 3,290 6.2 531 3,496th

Largest towns by area in the Vosges department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Le Val-d'Ajol 3,971 73 54 485th
2 Épinal 33,395 59 564 791st
3 La Bresse 3,974 58 69 830th
4 Gérardmer 8,159 55 149 937th
5 Xertigny 2,636 50 52 1,164th
6 Hadol 2,404 49 49 1,235th
7 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,721 46 427 1,459th
8 Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,478 46 76 1,509th
9 Ban-sur-Meurthe-Clefcy 979 45 22 1,547th
10 La Vôge-les-Bains 1,682 44 38 1,633rd

Most densely populated towns in the Vosges department

# Town Population km² per km² France rank
1 Golbey 8,950 9.5 943 999th
2 Épinal 33,395 59 564 1,660th
3 Chantraine 3,290 6.2 531 1,753rd
4 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,721 46 427 2,148th
5 Mirecourt 5,166 12 426 2,150th
6 Remiremont 7,619 18 423 2,159th
7 Sainte-Marguerite 2,282 5.6 411 2,219th
8 Thaon-les-Vosges 8,806 28 310 2,918th
9 Saint-Amé 2,179 8.1 270 3,349th
10 Les Forges 1,842 7.1 258 3,506th

All towns in the Vosges department (506)

INSEE total population in parentheses. Each town page gives its area, density, national and departmental rankings, and neighboring towns.

Other departments in Grand Est

Ardennes (08) Aube (10) Marne (51) Haute-Marne (52) Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) Meuse (55) Moselle (57) Bas-Rhin (67) Haut-Rhin (68) All departments

Sources: INSEE, official population figures in force on January 1, 2026 (total population); land area: IGN / Observatoire des territoires. Rankings computed across the 34,858 communes in the database.

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