Laveline-du-Houx
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 25.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Laveline-du-Houx (INSEE 88263) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges. Population 213 (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 25.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 79 % of the 16,342 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.56 | 10 | 5.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.44 | 5 | 2.2 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (BRETZNER ARLETTE). [4,3]
1 × Café / bar (AU RENDEZ-VOUS). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LAVELINE DU HOUX RP). [4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | BRETZNER ARLETTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 1 | AU RENDEZ-VOUS | INSEE SIRENE 1 [3] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LAVELINE DU HOUX RP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 228 (2012) → 213 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 201 (1990) → 213 (2023): 6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 150, of which 28 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tendon): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lépanges-sur-Vologne): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Lépanges-sur-Vologne): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Docelles): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Faucompierre): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 6.5 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 464 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 11.2 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. [12]
That station sits 341 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 1,044 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at LE ROULIER_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 449 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88263/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88263/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88263/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88263/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88464
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88266
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88135
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88167
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballans | 17 | 585 km SW | 201 | 25.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pernand-Vergelesses | 21 | 182 km SW | 237 | 25.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ray-sur-Saône | 70 | 89 km SW | 209 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Poggio-di-Venaco | 2B | 682 km S | 211 | 29.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
| Camplong | 34 | 568 km SW | 212 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jouac | 87 | 456 km SW | 197 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray-sur-Saône | 70 | 89 km SW | 209 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pernand-Vergelesses | 21 | 182 km SW | 237 | 25.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Jouac | 87 | 456 km SW | 197 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Camplong | 34 | 568 km SW | 212 | 34.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ballans | 17 | 585 km SW | 201 | 25.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 54 % · humidity 71 % |
| Poggio-di-Venaco | 2B | 682 km S | 211 | 29.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Laveline-du-Houx'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray-sur-Saône | 70 | 89 km SW | 209 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontanières | 23 | 390 km SW | 260 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Goumois | 25 | 99 km S | 181 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thoiria | 39 | 193 km SW | 183 | 26.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tamnay-en-Bazois | 58 | 254 km SW | 171 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cormot-Vauchignon | 21 | 202 km SW | 210 | 16.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
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