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Chermisey

Vosges · CC de l'Ouest Vosgien · INSEE 88102

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chermisey (INSEE 88102) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de l'Ouest Vosgien. Population 83 (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/88102-chermisey

Vitality score

Vitality score 8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 8,780 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.32103.22
Housing mix0.7153.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 127 2023: 83 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 101 (2012) → 83 (2023): -17.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 101 (1990) → 83 (2023): -17.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 62, of which 14.5 % second homes and 17.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPrimary school — 7.4 km SW (Grand)Food shop — 8.3 km E (Coussey)Pharmacy — 8.6 km E (Coussey)GP — 8.8 km E (Coussey)Bakery — 10.7 km S (Liffol-le-Grand)
Primary school — 7.4 km SWFood shop — 8.3 km EPharmacy — 8.6 km EGP — 8.8 km EBakery — 10.7 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 (Liffol-le-Grand): 10.7 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Coussey): 8.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Coussey): 8.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Coussey): 8.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Grand): 7.4 km to the south-west (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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the NEUFCHATEAU weather station, 11.6 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 418 m. [11]

The village sits 134 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at ROLLAINVILLE, 12.6 km away at 372 m, over 18 summers. [11]

An average of 1,069 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at GRAND, 7.7 km away at 390 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 — 88102/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88102/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88102/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88102/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88270
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88118
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88212
  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
Bouzin31685 km SW8215.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
Fléchy60280 km NW849.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Trémilly5259 km W8210.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Belloc09664 km SW8416No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %
Les Bordes71174 km S859.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Courcelles-lès-Montbard21127 km SW857No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Trémilly5259 km W8210.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Courcelles-lès-Montbard21127 km SW857No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Les Bordes71174 km S859.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 %
Fléchy60280 km NW849.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Belloc09664 km SW8416No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %
Bouzin31685 km SW8215.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Chermisey'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
Beaufremont8822 km SE838.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Fay-en-Montagne39186 km S9012.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Loupmont5551 km N756.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Beffia39210 km S8612.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Latet39181 km S9113.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chilly-sur-Salins39171 km S959.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %