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Brantigny

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88073

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

Few services 22.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Brantigny (INSEE 88073) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 198 (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/88073-brantigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 15,873 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.81108.11
Housing mix0.9854.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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”.

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 127 peak 2017: 211 2023: 198 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 199 (2012) → 198 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 151 (1990) → 198 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 92, of which 1.1 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 2.5 km NW (Florémont)Food shop — 2.7 km NE (Charmes)GP — 2.7 km NE (Charmes)Pharmacy — 2.8 km NE (Charmes)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km NWFood shop — 2.7 km NEGP — 2.7 km NEPharmacy — 2.8 km NE 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 (Florémont): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Charmes): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Charmes): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Charmes): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Brantigny): 0 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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, 11 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 290 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MIRECOURT-INRAE, 12.3 km away at 289 m, over 21 summers. [11]

An average of 924 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at CHARMES, 4.7 km away at 283 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88073/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88073/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88073/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88073/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88173
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88090
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88073
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Secourt5767 km N20122.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Sapignies62320 km NW19824.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Vanvillé77235 km W19723.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Le Wast62419 km NW20320.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Bermering5773 km NE19917.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Le Hérie-la-Viéville02253 km NW19218.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Secourt5767 km N20122.1Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Bermering5773 km NE19917.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Vanvillé77235 km W19723.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Le Hérie-la-Viéville02253 km NW19218.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Sapignies62320 km NW19824.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Le Wast62419 km NW20320.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Petitefontaine9088 km SE19321.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Roulier8832 km SE20821.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Avignonet38379 km S20323.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Barbas5449 km NE20423.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Belles-Forêts5769 km NE22418.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hellering-lès-Fénétrange5778 km NE18620Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %