Darney

Vosges · CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest · INSEE 88124

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

Partly served 45.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Darney (INSEE 88124) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 1,091 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/88124-darney

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 13,797 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.21	10	2.11
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (DELISVENTE · BOULANGERIE LEGROS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR DEFRAIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Supermarket (HEUZECO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LA POMME DE PAUL · LJP RESTAURATION). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DES PROMENEURS). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVE SCHMIDT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES PORTES DE LA FORET). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (DARNEY TABAC PRESSE RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE ET TIERS-LIEU DE DARNEY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE LES RECOLLETS). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE DE LORRAINE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ANNICK). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	DELISVENTE · BOULANGERIE LEGROS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR DEFRAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	HEUZECO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	LA POMME DE PAUL · LJP RESTAURATION	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	BAR DES PROMENEURS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	HERVE SCHMIDT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES PORTES DE LA FORET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	DARNEY TABAC PRESSE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE ET TIERS-LIEU DE DARNEY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE LES RECOLLETS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · CAISSE D'EPARGNE DE LORRAINE	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	2	COIFFURE ANNICK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,930 2023: 1,091 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,171 (2012) → 1,091 (2023): -6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,534 (1990) → 1,091 (2023): -28.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 663, of which 6.2 % second homes and 20.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 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 (Darney): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Darney): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Darney): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Darney): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Darney): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 53.5

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the LIGNEVILLE weather station, 10.1 km away at 433 m; the village itself is at 293 m. ^[9]

The village sits 140 m below 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LIGNEVILLE, 10.1 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 140 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,016 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MONTHUREUX, 7.6 km away at 265 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88124/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88124/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88124/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88124/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88124
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
Artemare	01	248 km S	1,139	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Sombernon	21	133 km SW	1,027	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Bracieux	41	341 km W	1,343	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Champeix	63	356 km SW	1,422	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Castillonnès	47	566 km SW	1,346	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 65 %
Bellegarde	45	268 km W	1,440	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sombernon	21	133 km SW	1,027	56.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Artemare	01	248 km S	1,139	57.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bellegarde	45	268 km W	1,440	54.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 96 %
Bracieux	41	341 km W	1,343	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Champeix	63	356 km SW	1,422	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Castillonnès	47	566 km SW	1,346	56.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 65 %

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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 Darney'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
Bracieux	41	341 km W	1,343	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Champeix	63	356 km SW	1,422	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Thiron-Gardais	28	375 km W	962	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Baugy	18	273 km SW	1,598	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre	36	360 km SW	1,623	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Amand-Longpré	41	378 km W	1,218	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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