Ambacourt

Vosges · CC de Mirecourt Dompaire · INSEE 88006

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 12.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ambacourt (INSEE 88006) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de Mirecourt Dompaire. Population 300 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/88006-ambacourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 17,873 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.59	10	5.91
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 185 2023: 300 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 298 (2012) → 300 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 275 (1990) → 300 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 159, of which 3.1 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.4 km SWFood shop — 4.2 km SGP — 4.8 km SPharmacy — 4.8 km SBakery — 4.9 km N Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Diarville): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mirecourt): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mirecourt): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Mirecourt): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Poussay): 3.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 83.9

Muggy days a summer 0.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MIRECOURT weather station, 4 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 261 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MIRECOURT-INRAE, 5.3 km away at 289 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 900 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MIRECOURT, 4 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88006/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88006/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88006/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88006/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54156
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88304
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88357
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ricquebourg	60	281 km NW	298	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Crastatt	67	101 km E	297	17.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
La Malachère	70	100 km S	297	17.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Marsainvilliers	45	286 km W	303	15	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 49 %
Chis	65	730 km SW	297	16.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 36 %
La Chapelle-sur-Chézy	02	214 km W	301	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Malachère	70	100 km S	297	17.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Crastatt	67	101 km E	297	17.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
La Chapelle-sur-Chézy	02	214 km W	301	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Ricquebourg	60	281 km NW	298	17.3	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Marsainvilliers	45	286 km W	303	15	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 49 %
Chis	65	730 km SW	297	16.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 11 % · humidity 36 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Ambacourt's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chalaines	55	44 km NW	299	11.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ailloncourt	70	68 km S	305	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Les Grandes-Loges	51	157 km NW	284	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pompierre-sur-Doubs	25	107 km S	300	13.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Abbans-Dessus	25	138 km S	282	13.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Abaucourt	54	62 km N	330	13.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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