Housseras
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 13.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 8 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Housseras (INSEE 88243) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de la Région de Rambervillers. Population 485 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 13.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 8 % of the 17,863 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.68 | 10 | 6.8 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.43 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 503 (2012) → 485 (2023): -3.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 411 (1990) → 485 (2023): 18 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 245, of which 5.7 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Jeanménil): 3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Rambervillers): 5.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Rambervillers): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Rambervillers): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Jeanménil): 3.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ROVILLE weather station, 11.2 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 350 m. [10]
The village sits 72 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 ROVILLE, 11.2 km away at 278 m, over 26 summers. [10]
That station sits 72 m below 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 1,125 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BROUVELIEURES, 8.6 km away at 395 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88243/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88243/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88243/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88243/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88251
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88367
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaux | 21 | 188 km SW | 483 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Raedersdorf | 68 | 105 km SE | 481 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bournainville-Faverolles | 27 | 466 km W | 481 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Coulitz | 29 | 797 km W | 475 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bec | 76 | 495 km W | 490 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quenne | 89 | 235 km W | 479 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raedersdorf | 68 | 105 km SE | 481 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chaux | 21 | 188 km SW | 483 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quenne | 89 | 235 km W | 479 | 12 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 55 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bournainville-Faverolles | 27 | 466 km W | 481 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bec | 76 | 495 km W | 490 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Coulitz | 29 | 797 km W | 475 | 15.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Housseras'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autechaux-Roide | 25 | 102 km S | 487 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chamery | 51 | 224 km NW | 464 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Servigny-lès-Raville | 57 | 88 km N | 476 | 16 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ernestviller | 57 | 86 km N | 503 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Servigny-lès-Sainte-Barbe | 57 | 99 km N | 462 | 12.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Failly | 57 | 100 km N | 532 | 11.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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