Bellefontaine

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88048

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bellefontaine (INSEE 88048) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 952 (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/88048-bellefontaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 14,634 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.38
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PRIMAIRE - BELLEFONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BELLEFONTAINE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BELLEFONTAINE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (AT' HOME COIFFURE BY FAUSTINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE PRIMAIRE - BELLEFONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	BELLEFONTAINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BELLEFONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	AT' HOME COIFFURE BY FAUSTINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
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: 927 peak 2012: 1,034 2023: 952 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,034 (2012) → 952 (2023): -7.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 917 (1990) → 952 (2023): 3.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 506, of which 8.5 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km NWGP — 4.6 km NWFood shop — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 4.7 km NW 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 (Xertigny): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Xertigny): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Xertigny): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Xertigny): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bellefontaine): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13

Days at or below 0 °C 92.9

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 93 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VAL-D AJOL weather station, 10.4 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 533 m. ^[10]

The village sits 163 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

An average of 1,276 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at XERTIGNY, 4.8 km away at 485 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88048/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88048/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88048/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88048/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88530
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88048
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
Trélou-sur-Marne	02	240 km NW	952	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 39 %
Conilhac-Corbières	11	610 km SW	954	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 0 %
Cuffy	18	280 km SW	1,020	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 62 %
Saulgé	86	458 km W	1,011	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 16 %
Égliseneuve-près-Billom	63	345 km SW	937	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizon	43	391 km SW	931	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Trélou-sur-Marne	02	240 km NW	952	30.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 39 %
Cuffy	18	280 km SW	1,020	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 62 %
Égliseneuve-près-Billom	63	345 km SW	937	40.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizon	43	391 km SW	931	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 91 %
Saulgé	86	458 km W	1,011	22.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 16 %
Conilhac-Corbières	11	610 km SW	954	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 21 % · winter 0 %

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