Damblain

Vosges · CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest · INSEE 88123

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

Few services 23.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Damblain (INSEE 88123) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 260 (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/88123-damblain

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,407 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.24	10	2.37
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA BELLE ROUGE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (FABIEN COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	LA BELLE ROUGE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	DAMBLAIN 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	1	FABIEN COIFFURE	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: 511 2023: 260 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 255 (2012) → 260 (2023): 2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 353 (1990) → 260 (2023): -26.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 191, of which 16.8 % second homes and 17.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.1 km WGP — 3.2 km WPharmacy — 10.0 km EFood shop — 10.4 km E 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 (Breuvannes-en-Bassigny): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamarche): 10.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Breuvannes-en-Bassigny): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lamarche): 10 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Damblain): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 83.5

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 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST OUEN-LES-PAREY_SAPC weather station, 13.6 km away at 329 m; the village itself is at 359 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,108 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LAMARCHE, 10.4 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88123/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88123/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88123/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88123/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 52074
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88123
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
Landresse	25	112 km SE	236	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Rivehaute	64	732 km SW	271	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 35 %
Charentenay	89	165 km W	288	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 36 %
Grossouvre	18	245 km SW	264	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Martin-d'Oydes	09	636 km SW	250	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 50 %
Charmé	16	483 km SW	336	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 58 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Landresse	25	112 km SE	236	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 81 %
Charentenay	89	165 km W	288	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 36 %
Grossouvre	18	245 km SW	264	27.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 74 %
Charmé	16	483 km SW	336	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 58 %
Saint-Martin-d'Oydes	09	636 km SW	250	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 50 %
Rivehaute	64	732 km SW	271	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 35 %

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