La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 17.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères (INSEE 88089) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 547 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 17.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 15 % of the 17,533 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.36 | 10 | 3.64 |
| Housing mix | 0.61 | 5 | 3.05 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - DU CENTRE -). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CHAPELLE DEVANT BRUYERES AP). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES PINASSES). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - DU CENTRE - | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA CHAPELLE DEVANT BRUYERES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING LES PINASSES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 645 (2012) → 547 (2023): -15.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 633 (1990) → 547 (2023): -13.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 359, of which 19.5 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Les Poulières): 2.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Les Poulières): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Laveline-devant-Bruyères): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Granges-Aumontzey): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Primary school (La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 12 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 461 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 16 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. [12]
That station sits 344 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, 6.7 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88089/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88089/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88089/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88089/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88356
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88262
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88218
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88089
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prunay-Cassereau | 41 | 440 km W | 577 | 20.5 | Few services | no figures |
| Briantes | 36 | 402 km SW | 589 | 20.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Couffy | 41 | 413 km W | 506 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 % |
| Courgenay | 89 | 240 km W | 564 | 22.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Espès-Undurein | 64 | 807 km SW | 506 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 % |
| Bantanges | 71 | 216 km SW | 577 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bantanges | 71 | 216 km SW | 577 | 22.1 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Courgenay | 89 | 240 km W | 564 | 22.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Briantes | 36 | 402 km SW | 589 | 20.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Couffy | 41 | 413 km W | 506 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 81 % |
| Prunay-Cassereau | 41 | 440 km W | 577 | 20.5 | Few services | no figures |
| Espès-Undurein | 64 | 807 km SW | 506 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 49 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dambach | 67 | 110 km NE | 757 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Val-et-Châtillon | 54 | 44 km N | 552 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Broye-Aubigney-Montseugny | 70 | 136 km SW | 512 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chassigny-sous-Dun | 71 | 287 km SW | 569 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Charny-sur-Meuse | 55 | 154 km NW | 522 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boissy-lès-Perche | 28 | 438 km W | 497 | 25.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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