Docelles

Vosges · CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges · INSEE 88135

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

Partly served 45.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Docelles (INSEE 88135) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges. Population 856 (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/88135-docelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 15,250 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.34	10	3.36
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.75

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETIT FOURNIL DE L'EPI SUR TERRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUTHENTIQUE). ^[3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALAIN PETIT, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME LEONARD, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENCE BALAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE REMY SCHIOCHET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE DOCELLES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (CDCG-MODELO · ATELIER MODELO - EXP'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	LE PETIT FOURNIL DE L'EPI SUR TERRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	L'AUTHENTIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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)	3	ALAIN PETIT, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME LEONARD, MÉDECIN · CLÉMENCE BALAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELARL PHARMACIE REMY SCHIOCHET	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	DOCELLES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE DOCELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	3	CDCG-MODELO · ATELIER MODELO - EXP'HAIR	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 1,087 2023: 856 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 953 (2012) → 856 (2023): -10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,024 (1990) → 856 (2023): -16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 477, of which 2.5 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.0 km NE 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 (Docelles): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lépanges-sur-Vologne): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Docelles): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Docelles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Docelles): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.7

Days at or below 0 °C 66.4

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 2.6 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 378 m. ^[10]

The village sits 71 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 14.3 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 61 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,170 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHENIMENIL, 1.7 km away at 402 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88135/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88135/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88135/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88135/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88135
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88266
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
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	645 km SW	771	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 29 %
Avoudrey	25	113 km S	982	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Frêne	01	237 km S	1,023	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Château-sur-Epte	27	382 km W	659	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Saulces-Monclin	08	222 km NW	837	59.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Noidans-le-Ferroux	70	81 km SW	646	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noidans-le-Ferroux	70	81 km SW	646	46.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Avoudrey	25	113 km S	982	52.6	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Saulces-Monclin	08	222 km NW	837	59.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-du-Frêne	01	237 km S	1,023	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Château-sur-Epte	27	382 km W	659	46.1	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 74 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	645 km SW	771	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · 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 Docelles'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
Mars-la-Tour	54	119 km NW	875	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Juniville	08	215 km NW	1,224	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Leyr	54	78 km N	906	45.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Zinswiller	67	112 km NE	712	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Corbeny	02	252 km NW	851	66.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Flogny-la-Chapelle	89	205 km W	935	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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