Fontenay

Vosges · CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges · INSEE 88175

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

Few services 35.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fontenay (INSEE 88175) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges. Population 469 (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/88175-fontenay

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,908 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.75	10	7.51
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL ALBERT CHRISTOPHE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES CAVES DE FONTENAY). ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (CORINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	SARL ALBERT CHRISTOPHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LES CAVES DE FONTENAY	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE - DES FONTAINES -	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	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	1	CORINE	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: 268 peak 2012: 519 2023: 469 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 519 (2012) → 469 (2023): -9.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 375 (1990) → 469 (2023): 25.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 3.6 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.6 km WPharmacy — 6.2 km WGP — 6.4 km W 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 (Fontenay): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Deyvillers): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Deyvillers): 6.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Deyvillers): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fontenay): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 65.9

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 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, 6.2 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 364 m. ^[10]

The village sits 85 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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 10.2 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,044 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE ROULIER_SAPC, 6.2 km away at 449 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 — 88175/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88175/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88175/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88175/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88175
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88132
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
Boucheporn	57	103 km N	561	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Acheville	62	361 km NW	576	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Méry-la-Bataille	60	325 km NW	604	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Wasnes-au-Bac	59	332 km NW	604	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Bailly	60	300 km NW	599	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Vertain	59	314 km NW	535	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Boucheporn	57	103 km N	561	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bailly	60	300 km NW	599	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Vertain	59	314 km NW	535	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Méry-la-Bataille	60	325 km NW	604	34.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Wasnes-au-Bac	59	332 km NW	604	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Acheville	62	361 km NW	576	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 69 % · 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 Fontenay'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
Boucheporn	57	103 km N	561	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Leyviller	57	92 km N	502	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Steinseltz	67	132 km NE	614	26.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Courteranges	10	174 km W	594	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Champ-le-Duc	88	10 km E	475	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Laval-sur-Vologne	88	8.8 km E	628	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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