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La Haye

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88236

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

No daily shops 12.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Haye (INSEE 88236) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 125 (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/88236-la-haye

Vitality score

Vitality score 12.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 12,568 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 & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.57105.68
Housing mix0.6853.41

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 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”.

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA HAYE MAIRIE DE LA HAYE). [3]

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. [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]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA HAYE MAIRIE DE LA HAYEINSEE BPE 1 [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: 188 2023: 125 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 133 (2012) → 125 (2023): -6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 117 (1990) → 125 (2023): 6.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 113, of which 15.9 % second homes and 23 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.3 km NW (Vioménil)Primary school — 5.5 km NE (Charmois-l'Orgueilleux)Food shop — 7.2 km SE (La Vôge-les-Bains)Pharmacy — 7.4 km S (La Vôge-les-Bains)GP — 7.5 km S (La Vôge-les-Bains)
Bakery — 4.3 km NWPrimary school — 5.5 km NEFood shop — 7.2 km SEPharmacy — 7.4 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 (Vioménil): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (La Vôge-les-Bains): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (La Vôge-les-Bains): 7.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (La Vôge-les-Bains): 7.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Charmois-l'Orgueilleux): 5.5 km to the north-east (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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the BAINS weather station, 7.2 km away at 319 m; the village itself is at 366 m. [11]

An average of 1,399 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BAINS, 7.2 km away at 319 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 — 88236/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88236/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88236/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88236/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88515
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88029
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88092
  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
Bourguignon-lès-Conflans7029 km S12917No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 100 %
Villotte8834 km W1168No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %
Limousis11604 km SW12116.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 7 %
L'Échelle08232 km NW1297.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 100 %
Autigny-le-Grand5293 km NW1307.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 %
Beurey-Bauguay21164 km SW13018.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bourguignon-lès-Conflans7029 km S12917No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 100 %
Villotte8834 km W1168No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %
Autigny-le-Grand5293 km NW1307.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 %
Beurey-Bauguay21164 km SW13018.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 69 %
L'Échelle08232 km NW1297.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 64 % · winter 100 %
Limousis11604 km SW12116.2No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 7 %

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