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Chamagne

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88084

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

Few services 21.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chamagne (INSEE 88084) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 446 (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/88084-chamagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 17,916 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
Social0.43208.65
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.51105.11
Housing mix0.9254.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

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

2 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DUROY). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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
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]
Restaurant2LA TABLE DUROYINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 340 peak 2007: 472 2023: 446 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 457 (2012) → 446 (2023): -2.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 441 (1990) → 446 (2023): 1.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 223, of which 4 % second homes and 10.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.9 km W (Gripport)Primary school — 3.4 km N (Bainville-aux-Miroirs)Pharmacy — 4.1 km S (Charmes)Food shop — 4.3 km S (Charmes)GP — 4.4 km S (Charmes)
Bakery — 1.9 km WPrimary school — 3.4 km NPharmacy — 4.1 km SFood shop — 4.3 km SGP — 4.4 km S 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 (Gripport): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Charmes): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Charmes): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Charmes): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Bainville-aux-Miroirs): 3.4 km to the north (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, 15.1 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 268 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MIRECOURT-INRAE, 16.6 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, 2.7 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 — 88084/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88084/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88084/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88084/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54238
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88090
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54042
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Champdivers39169 km SW44520.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Le Grès31656 km SW46324.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 39 %
Prenois21154 km SW46028.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Épreville-près-le-Neubourg27404 km W43824.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Caubiac31658 km SW44124.8Few servicesno figures
Bouverans25173 km S46124.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Prenois21154 km SW46028.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Champdivers39169 km SW44520.1Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Bouverans25173 km S46124.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Épreville-près-le-Neubourg27404 km W43824.6Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 58 %
Le Grès31656 km SW46324.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 39 %
Caubiac31658 km SW44124.8Few servicesno figures

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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 Chamagne'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Chapelle-lès-Luxeuil7071 km S38017.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Guntzviller5773 km NE35319.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Colligny-Maizery5777 km N56427.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Forgeot71215 km SW4359.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Meslières25119 km SE32317.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Esboz-Brest7068 km S44712.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %