Fremifontaine

Vosges · CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges · INSEE 88184

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

Few services 30.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fremifontaine (INSEE 88184) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges. Population 428 (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 30.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,940 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.81	10	8.09
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE TRAITEUR CLEMENT). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE FREMIFONTAINE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	1	PATISSERIE TRAITEUR CLEMENT	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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 DE FREMIFONTAINE	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: 295 peak 2012: 479 2023: 428 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 479 (2012) → 428 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 327 (1990) → 428 (2023): 30.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 4.7 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.8 km SEPharmacy — 7.2 km SGP — 7.5 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 (Fremifontaine): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bruyères): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bruyères): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bruyères): 7.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fremifontaine): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.5

Days at or below 0 °C 64.4

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 12.3 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 348 m. ^[10]

The village sits 101 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 ROVILLE, 13.7 km away at 278 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 70 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,125 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BROUVELIEURES, 5.4 km away at 395 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 — 88184/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88184/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88184/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88184/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88184
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88078
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
Bust	67	74 km NE	454	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Escœuilles	62	439 km NW	461	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %
Auxon	70	76 km SW	398	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Cantaing-sur-Escaut	59	330 km NW	410	27.5	Few services	no figures
Boiry-Notre-Dame	62	351 km NW	450	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Bonlier	60	358 km NW	467	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bust	67	74 km NE	454	27.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Auxon	70	76 km SW	398	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Cantaing-sur-Escaut	59	330 km NW	410	27.5	Few services	no figures
Boiry-Notre-Dame	62	351 km NW	450	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Bonlier	60	358 km NW	467	31.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Escœuilles	62	439 km NW	461	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Fremifontaine'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
Padoux	88	8.8 km W	488	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle	87	490 km SW	540	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Moncel-sur-Seille	54	58 km N	548	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Houécourt	88	59 km W	421	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Mandres-sur-Vair	88	59 km W	421	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Eppes	02	258 km NW	438	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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