Damas-aux-Bois

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88121

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

No daily shops 19.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Damas-aux-Bois (INSEE 88121) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 273 (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 19.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,545 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.56	10	5.62
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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

Type	Count	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 364 2023: 273 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 259 (2012) → 273 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 257 (1990) → 273 (2023): 6.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 4.9 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.7 km SGP — 9.8 km NEPharmacy — 9.9 km NEBakery — 10.4 km SWFood shop — 10.7 km SE 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 (Châtel-sur-Moselle): 10.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Romont): 10.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Magnières): 9.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Magnières): 9.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Rehaincourt): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 76.3

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROVILLE weather station, 11.6 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 300 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROVILLE, 11.6 km away at 278 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

An average of 988 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NOMEXY, 11.1 km away at 290 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 — 88121/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88121/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88121/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88121/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88395
INSEE BPE 2025 — 54331
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88379
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
Poudis	81	643 km SW	272	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 22 % · humidity 29 %
Fresnes-en-Tardenois	02	228 km W	272	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Becquigny	02	282 km NW	268	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Laumesfeld	57	108 km N	278	24.6	Few services	no figures
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux	38	357 km S	280	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan	76	442 km W	284	22.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Laumesfeld	57	108 km N	278	24.6	Few services	no figures
Fresnes-en-Tardenois	02	228 km W	272	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Becquigny	02	282 km NW	268	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Jean-le-Vieux	38	357 km S	280	24.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan	76	442 km W	284	22.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Poudis	81	643 km SW	272	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 22 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Damas-aux-Bois'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
Fresnes-en-Tardenois	02	228 km W	272	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villars-Saint-Georges	25	149 km S	283	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Laneuveville-en-Saulnois	57	52 km N	285	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cormost	10	173 km W	283	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-de-Bassel	57	60 km NE	322	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bergnicourt	08	197 km NW	292	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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