Girmont-Val-d'Ajol

Identity

Girmont-Val-d'Ajol (INSEE 88205) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de la Porte des Vosges Méridionales. Population 264 (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/88205-girmont-val-d-ajol

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 17,458 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (VALE TRAITEUR · AUBERGE DE LA FERME ST-VALLIER). ^[4,3]

2 × Café / bar (MOULIN LE CHAT NOIR). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIVEE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LE GIRMONT VAL D AJOL RP). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT DE LA VIGOTTE). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 234 (2012) → 264 (2023): 12.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 242 (1990) → 264 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 29.7 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Le Val-d'Ajol): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Val-d'Ajol): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Val-d'Ajol): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Val-d'Ajol): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Girmont-Val-d'Ajol): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 102 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VAL-D AJOL weather station, 6 km away at 370 m; the village itself is at 624 m. ^[10]

The village sits 254 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 17.3 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 181 m above 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 1,557 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at VAL-D AJOL, 6 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88205/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88205/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88205/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88205/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88487
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88205
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024