Hennezel

Vosges · CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest · INSEE 88238

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hennezel (INSEE 88238) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 386 (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/88238-hennezel

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 18,020 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.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.36	10	3.56
Housing mix	0.65	5	3.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE - DU CENTRE - · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - CLAIREY -). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HENNEZEL CLAIREY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE HENNEZEL). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE ABBE MATHIS). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (ECOLONIE CENTRE ECOLOGIQUE INTERNATIONAL). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE - DU CENTRE - · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - CLAIREY -	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	HENNEZEL CLAIREY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE HENNEZEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE ABBE MATHIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	ECOLONIE CENTRE ECOLOGIQUE INTERNATIONAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 515 2023: 386 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 416 (2012) → 386 (2023): -7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 451 (1990) → 386 (2023): -14.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 17.5 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.1 km NEFood shop — 6.4 km NWPharmacy — 6.5 km NWGP — 6.8 km NW 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): 6.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Darney): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Darney): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Darney): 6.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Hennezel): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.8

Days at or below 0 °C 89.3

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAINS weather station, 12 km away at 319 m; the village itself is at 386 m. ^[11]

The village sits 67 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 LIGNEVILLE, 16.7 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,024 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LERRAIN, 10.4 km away at 320 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88238/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88238/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88238/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88238/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88515
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88238
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Touzac	46	555 km SW	354	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 41 % · humidity 29 %
Chambellay	49	509 km W	411	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 36 %
Commensacq	40	684 km SW	440	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 %
Laurède	40	717 km SW	367	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 47 %
Donjeux	52	79 km NW	380	20.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Chalivoy-Milon	18	289 km SW	388	16.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Donjeux	52	79 km NW	380	20.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Chalivoy-Milon	18	289 km SW	388	16.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Chambellay	49	509 km W	411	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 36 %
Touzac	46	555 km SW	354	19	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 41 % · humidity 29 %
Commensacq	40	684 km SW	440	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 50 %
Laurède	40	717 km SW	367	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 47 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Hennezel's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Biffontaine	88	54 km E	390	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Velzic	15	436 km SW	401	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ayn	73	278 km S	392	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-l'Enfantier	19	466 km SW	410	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Grand	88	60 km NW	372	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Esnouveaux	52	58 km W	301	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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