Domèvre-sur-Avière

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88142

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

Few services 21.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Domèvre-sur-Avière (INSEE 88142) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 439 (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/88142-domevre-sur-aviere

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 17,926 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.54	10	5.38
Housing mix	1	5	5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (TO EAT IN SIMPLICITY). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE DOMÈVRE SUR AVIÈRE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON ABC D'HAIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	TO EAT IN SIMPLICITY	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)	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	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE DOMÈVRE SUR AVIÈRE	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	1	SALON ABC D'HAIR	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: 192 peak 1999: 487 2023: 439 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 402 (2012) → 439 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 423 (1990) → 439 (2023): 3.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 0 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Pharmacy — 2.2 km SPrimary school — 2.3 km SBakery — 2.5 km SGP — 2.5 km SWFood shop — 3.8 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 (Uxegney): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Golbey): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Uxegney): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Uxegney): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Uxegney): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 75.3

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the EPINAL weather station, 5.2 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 342 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 5.2 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at EPINAL, 5.2 km away at 317 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 — 88142/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88142/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88142/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88142/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88483
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88209
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-Gorgon	56	645 km W	443	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Schillersdorf	67	112 km NE	407	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Vèze	25	114 km S	493	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Villey-le-Sec	54	58 km NW	419	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Daubensand	67	100 km E	388	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sommelonne	55	112 km NW	407	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villey-le-Sec	54	58 km NW	419	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Daubensand	67	100 km E	388	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sommelonne	55	112 km NW	407	21.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Schillersdorf	67	112 km NE	407	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Vèze	25	114 km S	493	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Gorgon	56	645 km W	443	25.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Domèvre-sur-Avière'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
Schillersdorf	67	112 km NE	407	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Neuville-en-Tourne-à-Fuy	08	194 km NW	533	25.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bolandoz	25	134 km S	383	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Azelot	54	43 km N	411	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Chamagne	88	23 km N	446	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Bondeval	25	92 km S	481	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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