Gerbamont

Identity

Gerbamont (INSEE 88197) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Hautes Vosges. Population 354 (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/88197-gerbamont

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 18,050 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL DU LEJOL). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (POINT DE LECTURE DE GERBAMONT). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 373 (2012) → 354 (2023): -5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 297 (1990) → 354 (2023): 19.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 219, of which 21.9 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Sapois): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gerbamont): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vagney): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Vagney): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Gerbamont): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BASSE-S-L-RUPT weather station, 2.4 km away at 445 m; the village itself is at 499 m. ^[11]

The village sits 54 m above 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 VAGNEY, 4.3 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 306 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 1,540 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BASSE-S-L-RUPT, 2.4 km away at 445 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 — 88197/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88197/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88197/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88197/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88442
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88197
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88486
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024