Chantraine

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88087

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chantraine (INSEE 88087) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 3,198 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/88087-chantraine

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 6,758 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	0.15	25	3.69
Social	0.11	20	2.21
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.37	10	3.74
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.62	10	6.25
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DOUCEURS DE FLORA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LA CHAUMIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE - JULIA COLIN -). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - ROBERT DESNOS -). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CÉCILIA GEORGES, MÉDECIN · OPHÉLIE UHRIG, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MANSUIT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHANTRAINE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHANTRAINE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON BEATITUDE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DOUCEURS DE FLORA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MAISON BELDICOT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA CHAUMIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE - JULIA COLIN -	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - ROBERT DESNOS -	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	CÉCILIA GEORGES, MÉDECIN · OPHÉLIE UHRIG, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MANSUIT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHANTRAINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHANTRAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	SALON BEATITUDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 2,998 peak 2017: 3,212 2023: 3,198 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,161 (2012) → 3,198 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,843 (1990) → 3,198 (2023): 12.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,823, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km SEGP — 0.6 km NEPharmacy — 0.7 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 (Épinal): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Épinal): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Épinal): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Épinal): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chantraine): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 75.3

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the EPINAL weather station, 4.6 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 358 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 4.6 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at EPINAL, 4.6 km away at 317 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88087/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88087/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88087/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88087/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88160
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88087
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
Saint-Mammès	77	270 km W	3,162	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montanay	69	282 km SW	3,308	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Dampmart	77	284 km W	3,677	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Neuville-Saint-Rémy	59	324 km NW	4,012	32.6	Few services	no figures
Bièvres	91	318 km W	4,686	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Varangéville	54	53 km N	3,536	40.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Varangéville	54	53 km N	3,536	40.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Mammès	77	270 km W	3,162	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montanay	69	282 km SW	3,308	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Dampmart	77	284 km W	3,677	35.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Bièvres	91	318 km W	4,686	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Neuville-Saint-Rémy	59	324 km NW	4,012	32.6	Few services	no 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 Chantraine'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-Mammès	77	270 km W	3,162	43.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Nandy	77	290 km W	6,350	35.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Essert	90	66 km SE	3,417	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Samoreau	77	274 km W	2,384	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Beaumont	74	232 km S	3,097	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Créhange	57	100 km N	3,691	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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