Escles

Identity

Escles (INSEE 88161) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 382 (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/88161-escles

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 18,035 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.

Services

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

1 × Café / bar (CAFE RESTAURANT LE PARADIS). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (DAM & HOM COIF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 427 (2012) → 382 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 389 (1990) → 382 (2023): -1.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 12.7 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Lerrain): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Girancourt): 10 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Girancourt): 10.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Girancourt): 10.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Escles): 1.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOMMARTIN-AUX-BOIS_SAPC weather station, 8.3 km away at 396 m; the village itself is at 316 m. ^[11]

The village sits 80 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LIGNEVILLE, 16.4 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 117 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,024 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LERRAIN, 2.8 km away at 320 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88161/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88161/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88161/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88161/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88267
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88201
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88161
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024