Harmonville

Identity

Harmonville (INSEE 88232) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de l'Ouest Vosgien. Population 208 (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/88232-harmonville

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 16,179 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (CHEZ LEA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 228 (2012) → 208 (2023): -8.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 156 (1990) → 208 (2023): 33.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 102, of which 4.9 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Harmonville): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Punerot): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Colombey-les-Belles): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Colombey-les-Belles): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Martigny-les-Gerbonvaux): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ROLLAINVILLE weather station, 16.8 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 310 m. ^[12]

The village sits 62 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROLLAINVILLE, 16.8 km away at 372 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 62 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 951 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MARTIGNY, 6.1 km away at 318 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88232/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88232/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88232/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88232/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88232
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88363
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54135
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88290
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024