Belval
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 82 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Belval (INSEE 88053) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 148 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 82 % of the 13,969 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Housing mix | 0.4 | 5 | 2.02 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AU COIN DU FEU). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA BELLE VALLEE). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 | 1 | AU COIN DU FEU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | CAFE DE LA BELLE VALLEE | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 161 (2012) → 148 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 144 (1990) → 148 (2023): 2.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 114, of which 29.8 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Moussey): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vieux-Moulin): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Senones): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Senones): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Moussey): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BAN-DE-SAPT weather station, 8.3 km away at 590 m; the village itself is at 470 m. [11]
The village sits 120 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 8.3 km away at 590 m, over 20 summers. [11]
That station sits 120 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,101 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BAN-DE-SAPT_MAN, 8.2 km away at 583 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 — 88053/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88053/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88053/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88053/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88317
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88506
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88451
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapaize | 71 | 270 km SW | 167 | 24.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil | 62 | 447 km NW | 149 | 27 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chazeaux | 07 | 473 km SW | 134 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moudeyres | 43 | 445 km SW | 115 | 26.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tréhorenteuc | 56 | 693 km W | 111 | 24.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mourèze | 34 | 604 km SW | 176 | 33.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapaize | 71 | 270 km SW | 167 | 24.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moudeyres | 43 | 445 km SW | 115 | 26.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil | 62 | 447 km NW | 149 | 27 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chazeaux | 07 | 473 km SW | 134 | 31 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mourèze | 34 | 604 km SW | 176 | 33.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Tréhorenteuc | 56 | 693 km W | 111 | 24.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Belval'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei | 61 | 524 km W | 110 | 23.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coutansouze | 03 | 390 km SW | 154 | 21.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dominois | 80 | 433 km NW | 168 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Romagne-sous-Montfaucon | 55 | 177 km NW | 170 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Algis | 02 | 288 km NW | 148 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lusigny-sur-Ouche | 21 | 231 km SW | 115 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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