Biffontaine

Identity

Biffontaine (INSEE 88059) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 390 (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/88059-biffontaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 18,040 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.

Services

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE BIFFONTAINE). ^[4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 433 (2012) → 390 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 393 (1990) → 390 (2023): -0.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 15.4 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Poulières): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Poulières): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Laveline-devant-Bruyères): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bruyères): 6.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Biffontaine): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 95 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the STE MARGUERITE weather station, 13.4 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 483 m. ^[12]

The village sits 125 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 19.2 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 322 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,125 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BROUVELIEURES, 6 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88059/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88059/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88059/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88059/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88356
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88262
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88078
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88059
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024