Châteauroux, Sedan, Épinal, Montceau-les Mines… these medium-sized towns that have been bogged down for more than ten years

EXCLUSIVE. Demographic decline, unemployment and poverty on the rise, real estate prices at half mast: 33 medium-sized cities are lagging behind, according to a study by France Strategy, commissioned by the government. And the health crisis has not helped.

Sedan, in the Ardennes, is one of those towns struggling to prosper. Many of them are located in the Grand-Est: Épinal, Forbach, Sarreguemines, Charleville-Mézières… Sipa/Jean-Marc Quinet

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