Mandres-sur-Vair

Identity

Mandres-sur-Vair (INSEE 88285) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Terre d'Eau. Population 421 (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/88285-mandres-sur-vair

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,948 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.

Services

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

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIVEE BIENHEUREUX FRASSATI · ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (ECOLE SECONDAIRE PRIVEE BIENHEUREUX FRASSATI). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LASALAMANDRE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTI ACTIVITES). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 439 (2012) → 421 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 324 (1990) → 421 (2023): 29.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 189, of which 1.6 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Remimont): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Contrexéville): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vittel): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Contrexéville): 3.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mandres-sur-Vair): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LIGNEVILLE weather station, 8.6 km away at 433 m; the village itself is at 331 m. ^[12]

The village sits 102 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LIGNEVILLE, 8.6 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 102 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 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LIGNEVILLE, 8.6 km away at 433 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88285/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88285/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88285/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88285/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88434
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88114
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88516
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88285
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024