Domfaing

Vosges · CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges · INSEE 88145

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

Few services 25.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Domfaing (INSEE 88145) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges. Population 210 (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 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 16,281 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	0.33	10	3.27
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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		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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE - MAIRIE	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	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: 234 peak 1982: 286 2023: 210 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 235 (2012) → 210 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 254 (1990) → 210 (2023): -17.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 123, of which 8.1 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km WFood shop — 2.4 km SGP — 3.7 km SWPharmacy — 3.7 km SW 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 (Brouvelieures): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Belmont-sur-Buttant): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bruyères): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bruyères): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Domfaing): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

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 0.4

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. ^[12]

Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 12 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 377 m. ^[12]

The village sits 72 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROVILLE, 19.6 km away at 278 m, over 26 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 99 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,125 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BROUVELIEURES, 1.5 km away at 395 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 — 88145/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88145/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88145/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88145/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88076
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88050
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88078
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88145
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
Aboncourt-Gesincourt	70	78 km SW	216	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies	95	379 km W	236	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Garrigues	34	537 km SW	236	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Aïssey	25	112 km S	168	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Layrisse	65	770 km SW	249	34	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Monze	11	656 km SW	243	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 30 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aboncourt-Gesincourt	70	78 km SW	216	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Aïssey	25	112 km S	168	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cyr-en-Arthies	95	379 km W	236	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Garrigues	34	537 km SW	236	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 68 % · humidity 64 %
Monze	11	656 km SW	243	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 30 % · humidity 29 %
Layrisse	65	770 km SW	249	34	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Domfaing'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
Aïssey	25	112 km S	168	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ville-sur-Tourbe	51	179 km NW	216	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Labalme	01	257 km S	204	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Merlieux-et-Fouquerolles	02	277 km NW	253	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Leuze	02	261 km NW	190	21.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Tronville	54	113 km NW	200	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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