Bussang

Identity

Bussang (INSEE 88081) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Ballons des Hautes-Vosges. Population 1,261 (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/88081-bussang

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 30 % of the 12,926 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE COQ EN PATE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (L'AUBERGE ALSACIENNE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE - DU CENTRE -). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES SOURCES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (L'AUBERGE ALSACIENNE · HOTEL DU TREMPLIN · MOTO-HOTEL DU COL DU BUSSANG). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (AIRE NATURELLE TOTAL ART OASIS · CAMPING DOMAINE DE CHAMPE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,489 (2012) → 1,261 (2023): -15.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,809 (1990) → 1,261 (2023): -30.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,257, of which 42.6 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bussang): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bussang): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Maurice-sur-Moselle): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bussang): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Bussang): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BASSE-S-L-RUPT weather station, 15 km away at 445 m; the village itself is at 601 m. ^[10]

The village sits 156 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]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 19.1 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 204 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 2,069 mm of rain a year, spread over 161 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE MENIL, 4.9 km away at 665 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88081/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88081/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88081/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88081/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88081
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88426
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024