Lamarche

Vosges · CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest · INSEE 88258

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 48.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lamarche (INSEE 88258) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 786 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/88258-lamarche

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 15,728 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.12	10	1.25
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MANUFACTURE ROYALE GUERIN-BOUTRON). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT LA GRENADE LAMARCHOI). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CAMILLE PICARD). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE GUILLAUME DE LAMARCHE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CLAUDE PETIT, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER ROUGET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ADE'COIF). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	MANUFACTURE ROYALE GUERIN-BOUTRON	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	CARREFOUR EXPRESS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	BAR RESTAURANT LA GRENADE LAMARCHOI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CAMILLE PICARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE GUILLAUME DE LAMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	CLAUDE PETIT, MÉDECIN · OLIVIER ROUGET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LAMARCHE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LAMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ADE'COIF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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

1968: 1,201 peak 1982: 1,338 2023: 786 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 999 (2012) → 786 (2023): -21.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,258 (1990) → 786 (2023): -37.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 566, of which 7.4 % second homes and 24 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 0.8 km NE 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 (Lamarche): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lamarche): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lamarche): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Lamarche): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lamarche): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 83.5

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST OUEN-LES-PAREY_SAPC weather station, 13.3 km away at 329 m; the village itself is at 357 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at LIGNEVILLE, 16.8 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 76 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,108 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at LAMARCHE, 0.5 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88258
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
Amancey	25	117 km S	744	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bligny-sur-Ouche	21	136 km SW	814	55.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Le Fossat	09	642 km SW	1,071	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 14 % · humidity 50 %
Oulchy-le-Château	02	218 km NW	785	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Puyoô	64	724 km SW	1,077	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	586 km SW	771	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 15 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Amancey	25	117 km S	744	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bligny-sur-Ouche	21	136 km SW	814	55.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Oulchy-le-Château	02	218 km NW	785	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac	33	586 km SW	771	44.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 15 % · humidity 36 %
Le Fossat	09	642 km SW	1,071	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 14 % · humidity 50 %
Puyoô	64	724 km SW	1,077	43.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Lamarche'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
Amancey	25	117 km S	744	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Avoudrey	25	115 km SE	982	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Martigny-les-Bains	88	5.1 km NE	807	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Frêne	01	215 km S	1,023	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Blâmont	54	98 km NE	1,042	48.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pesmes	70	89 km S	1,083	53.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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