Moussey

Identity

Moussey (INSEE 88317) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 548 (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/88317-moussey

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,507 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PAUSE SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE - LES TILLEULS -). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 643 (2012) → 548 (2023): -14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 794 (1990) → 548 (2023): -31 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 446, of which 24.2 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Moussey): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vieux-Moulin): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Senones): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Senones): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Moussey): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BAN-DE-SAPT weather station, 9.6 km away at 590 m; the village itself is at 382 m. ^[11]

The village sits 208 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 9.6 km away at 590 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 208 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,101 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAN-DE-SAPT_MAN, 9.5 km away at 583 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88317/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88317/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88317/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88317/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88317
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88506
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88451
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024