Neufchâteau
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 63.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Neufchâteau (INSEE 88321) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de l'Ouest Vosgien. Population 6,732 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 1 former commune: Rollainville (88393). [3]
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 63.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 84 % of the 3,561 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 | 0.69 | 25 | 17.23 |
| Social | 0.92 | 20 | 18.46 |
| Education | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Health | 0.65 | 10 | 6.52 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.33 | 10 | 3.31 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE BLONDOT · BASTIEN · EURL CABOSSE · EURL BOULANGERIE LA NEOCASTRIENNE · LA FOURNEE). [4,5]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (EURL BOUCHERIE LEMAIRE · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SALMON · LES HALLES DE LA GRANDE FONTAINE). [4,5]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAISON PAYSANNE · EPICERIE NEO · SAS MB CONCEPT). [4,5]
5 × Supermarket (LIDL · NEOCADIS · NOVACASTRI · ALDI MARCHE · SUPERMARCHE MATCH). [4,5]
16 × Restaurant (SARL OPALE · ARN · BRIGUE JORDAN GUSTAVE · LE ROMAIN · MEDYA KEBAB). [4,5]
8 × Café / bar (LE SHAKER · LE VIP 88 · AU RENDEZ VOUS DES QUILLEURS · P'TIT BOUCHON EVENTS). [5]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D'ARC). [4]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · COLLEGE PRIVE JEANNE D'ARC). [4]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOIC STEINER, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE GEROME-MOUKALA, MÉDECIN · DENIS BUREL, MÉDECIN · FLORENT CALIN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE SERRIERE, MÉDECIN). [4]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE EVRARD · PHARMACIE DE L ETENDARD · PHARMACIE DE LA MALADIERE). [4,5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE PIERRE MAROT). [4]
1 × Cinema (NEOPOLIS). [4]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF LOUIS CLEMENT · CITE SCOLAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE). [4]
7 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · NEUFCHATEAU KOLB · BANQUE CIC EST). [4]
15 × Hairdresser (SARL GEHINA · DC · UNIV'HAIR · SALON METAMORPHOSE). [4,5]
6 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,5]
1 × Hotel (RICHEVEAUX). [4,5]
1 × Campsite (OFFICE DE TOURISME DE L'OUEST VOSGIEN). [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Nursery school (maternelle), 3 × Primary school (élémentaire), 4 × Hairdresser, 2 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | BOULANGERIE BLONDOT · BASTIEN · EURL CABOSSE · EURL BOULANGERIE LA NEOCASTRIENNE · LA FOURNEE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | EURL BOUCHERIE LEMAIRE · BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE SALMON · LES HALLES DE LA GRANDE FONTAINE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | SAISON PAYSANNE · EPICERIE NEO · SAS MB CONCEPT | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Supermarket | 5 | LIDL · NEOCADIS · NOVACASTRI · ALDI MARCHE · SUPERMARCHE MATCH | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,5] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [5] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Restaurant | 16 | SARL OPALE · ARN · BRIGUE JORDAN GUSTAVE · LE ROMAIN · MEDYA KEBAB | INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 25 [4,5] |
| Café / bar | 8 | LE SHAKER · LE VIP 88 · AU RENDEZ VOUS DES QUILLEURS · P'TIT BOUCHON EVENTS | INSEE SIRENE 8 [5] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE JEANNE D'ARC | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · COLLEGE PRIVE JEANNE D'ARC | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | JOIC STEINER, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE GEROME-MOUKALA, MÉDECIN · DENIS BUREL, MÉDECIN · FLORENT CALIN, MÉDECIN · CHRISTELLE SERRIERE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [4] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE EVRARD · PHARMACIE DE L ETENDARD · PHARMACIE DE LA MALADIERE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE PIERRE MAROT | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Cinema | 1 | NEOPOLIS | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF LOUIS CLEMENT · CITE SCOLAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE | INSEE BPE 2 [4] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 7 | CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · NEUFCHATEAU KOLB · BANQUE CIC EST | INSEE BPE 7 [4] |
| Hairdresser | 15 | SARL GEHINA · DC · UNIV'HAIR · SALON METAMORPHOSE | INSEE BPE 15 / INSEE SIRENE 18 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 6 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5] |
| Hotel | 1 | RICHEVEAUX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5] |
| Campsite | 1 | OFFICE DE TOURISME DE L'OUEST VOSGIEN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 6,948 (2012) → 6,732 (2023): -3.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 8,100 (1990) → 6,732 (2023): -16.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 4,231, of which 2.2 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Neufchâteau): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Neufchâteau): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Neufchâteau): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Neufchâteau): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Neufchâteau): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the NEUFCHATEAU weather station, 0.5 km away at 284 m; the village itself is at 290 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ROLLAINVILLE, 1.7 km away at 372 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 82 m above 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 991 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at NEUFCHATEAU, 0.5 km away at 284 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 — 88321/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88321/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88321/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88321/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88321
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis | 59 | 250 km NW | 6,764 | 66.7 | Served | no figures |
| Quesnoy-sur-Deûle | 59 | 326 km NW | 6,805 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valognes | 50 | 539 km W | 6,969 | 68.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaufort-en-Anjou | 49 | 452 km W | 6,901 | 64 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bourbourg | 59 | 383 km NW | 6,931 | 62.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Barr | 67 | 130 km E | 7,057 | 66.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barr | 67 | 130 km E | 7,057 | 66.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis | 59 | 250 km NW | 6,764 | 66.7 | Served | no figures |
| Quesnoy-sur-Deûle | 59 | 326 km NW | 6,805 | 54.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bourbourg | 59 | 383 km NW | 6,931 | 62.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 41 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaufort-en-Anjou | 49 | 452 km W | 6,901 | 64 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Valognes | 50 | 539 km W | 6,969 | 68.2 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · 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 Neufchâteau'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luxeuil-les-Bains | 70 | 79 km SE | 6,663 | 66.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Remiremont | 88 | 77 km SE | 7,388 | 67.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Thônes | 74 | 279 km S | 6,654 | 69.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Delle | 90 | 135 km SE | 5,623 | 52 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Is-sur-Tille | 21 | 102 km SW | 4,302 | 57 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Munster | 68 | 113 km E | 4,738 | 58.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
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