Frain
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 16/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Frain (INSEE 88180) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 125 (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 16/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 58 % of the 12,568 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.68 |
| Housing mix | 0.62 | 5 | 3.08 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FRAIN). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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) | 1 | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FRAIN | 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
Population 141 (2012) → 125 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 144 (1990) → 125 (2023): -13.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 73, of which 19.2 % second homes and 2.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Frain): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lamarche): 6.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Lamarche): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Martigny-les-Bains): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Martigny-les-Bains): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LIGNEVILLE weather station, 10.3 km away at 433 m; the village itself is at 349 m. [11]
The village sits 84 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 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LIGNEVILLE, 10.3 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 84 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 1,108 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LAMARCHE, 7.3 km away at 370 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 — 88180/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88180/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88180/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88180/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88180
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88258
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88289
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunus | 64 | 765 km SW | 133 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 21 % |
| Limousis | 11 | 593 km SW | 121 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 % |
| L'Échelle | 08 | 217 km NW | 129 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Haye | 88 | 26 km E | 125 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 % |
| Bourguignon-lès-Conflans | 70 | 38 km SE | 129 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-le-Sec | 55 | 73 km NW | 135 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Haye | 88 | 26 km E | 125 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 62 % |
| Bourguignon-lès-Conflans | 70 | 38 km SE | 129 | 17 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villers-le-Sec | 55 | 73 km NW | 135 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| L'Échelle | 08 | 217 km NW | 129 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Limousis | 11 | 593 km SW | 121 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 % |
| Bunus | 64 | 765 km SW | 133 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 38 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Frain'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montigny-lès-Cherlieu | 70 | 33 km S | 118 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montigny-devant-Sassey | 55 | 159 km N | 132 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Autigny-le-Grand | 52 | 70 km NW | 130 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beurey-Bauguay | 21 | 145 km SW | 130 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coursan-en-Othe | 10 | 152 km W | 100 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Senonges | 88 | 15 km NE | 131 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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