Doncières

Vosges · CC de la Région de Rambervillers · INSEE 88156

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

Few services 21.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Doncières (INSEE 88156) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de la Région de Rambervillers. Population 157 (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 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 14,453 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	5	0
Population trend	0.77	10	7.66
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

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 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LES PIZZAS D'ALEX). ^[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, 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 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	LES PIZZAS D'ALEX	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	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	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: 113 2023: 157 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 147 (2012) → 157 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 124 (1990) → 157 (2023): 26.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 70, of which 4.3 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.6 km SWFood shop — 4.7 km EBakery — 5.3 km SPharmacy — 5.4 km SGP — 6.0 km S 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 (Rambervillers): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ménil-sur-Belvitte): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rambervillers): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rambervillers): 5.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Roville-aux-Chênes): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.2

Days at or below 0 °C 76.3

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROVILLE weather station, 2.4 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 268 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROVILLE, 2.4 km away at 278 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROVILLE, 2.4 km away at 278 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 — 88156/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88156/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88156/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88156/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88367
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88402
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
Thieffrain	10	164 km W	157	20	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Ergnies	80	383 km NW	159	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Liévans	70	87 km S	152	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Matignicourt-Goncourt	51	147 km W	158	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Luxiol	25	115 km S	157	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Fransart	80	320 km NW	163	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Liévans	70	87 km S	152	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Luxiol	25	115 km S	157	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Matignicourt-Goncourt	51	147 km W	158	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Thieffrain	10	164 km W	157	20	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Fransart	80	320 km NW	163	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Ergnies	80	383 km NW	159	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Doncières'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
Luxiol	25	115 km S	157	20.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bettegney-Saint-Brice	88	27 km SW	163	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Guevenatten	68	86 km SE	166	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Iré-le-Sec	55	151 km NW	144	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Savolles	21	152 km SW	145	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Écly	08	214 km NW	169	17.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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