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Gigney

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88200

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gigney (INSEE 88200) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 58 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/88200-gigney

Vitality score

Vitality score 8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 5,903 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.21102.07
Housing mix0.9454.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 90 2023: 58 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 58 (2012) → 58 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 82 (1990) → 58 (2023): -29.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 36, of which 2.8 % second homes and 16.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 3.6 km S (Darnieulles)Primary school — 3.7 km S (Darnieulles)Bakery — 4.9 km SE (Uxegney)Pharmacy — 5.1 km SE (Uxegney)Food shop — 6.3 km E (Thaon-les-Vosges)
GP — 3.6 km SPrimary school — 3.7 km SBakery — 4.9 km SEPharmacy — 5.1 km SEFood shop — 6.3 km E 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 (Uxegney): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Thaon-les-Vosges): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Darnieulles): 3.6 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Uxegney): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Darnieulles): 3.7 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the EPINAL weather station, 8.7 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 353 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 8.7 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 926 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at EPINAL, 8.7 km away at 317 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 — 88200/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88200/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88200/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88200/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88483
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88465
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88126
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lapeyrère31681 km SW5814.2No daily shopsno figures
Brachay5298 km W588.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Éloy-d'Allier03357 km SW5810.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Fey-en-Haye5480 km N578.9No daily shopsno figures
Cerizy02278 km NW5810.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Maisons-lès-Soulaines10115 km W5712No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fey-en-Haye5480 km N578.9No daily shopsno figures
Brachay5298 km W588.9No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Maisons-lès-Soulaines10115 km W5712No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Cerizy02278 km NW5810.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Éloy-d'Allier03357 km SW5810.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Lapeyrère31681 km SW5814.2No daily shopsno figures

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Marimont-lès-Bénestroff5780 km NE5612No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Fays52100 km W6110No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Guébestroff5772 km NE5817.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lemoncourt5771 km N5710.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Nonzeville8822 km E5611No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Artaise-le-Vivier08182 km NW6415No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %