Padoux

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88340

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

Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Padoux (INSEE 88340) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 488 (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/88340-padoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 17,802 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.64	10	6.38
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE CHANT DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PADOUX MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE CHANT DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE PADOUX MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 383 peak 2012: 521 2023: 488 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 521 (2012) → 488 (2023): -6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 429 (1990) → 488 (2023): 13.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 1.8 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 7.8 km NEGP — 8.1 km NEPharmacy — 8.7 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 (Padoux): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rambervillers): 7.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rambervillers): 8.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Rambervillers): 8.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 75.3

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the EPINAL weather station, 11.6 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 321 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 11.6 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 987 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PADOUX, 1.3 km away at 342 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 — 88340/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88340/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88340/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88340/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88367
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
Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon	01	252 km SW	490	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 84 %
Écoust-Saint-Mein	62	339 km NW	485	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Bonlier	60	349 km NW	467	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Boiry-Notre-Dame	62	344 km NW	450	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Moncel-sur-Seille	54	55 km N	548	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Escœuilles	62	431 km NW	461	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Moncel-sur-Seille	54	55 km N	548	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon	01	252 km SW	490	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 84 %
Écoust-Saint-Mein	62	339 km NW	485	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Boiry-Notre-Dame	62	344 km NW	450	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Bonlier	60	349 km NW	467	31.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Escœuilles	62	431 km NW	461	31.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 35 % · 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 Padoux'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
Fremifontaine	88	8.8 km E	428	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Nompatelize	88	22 km E	547	28.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Ranspach-le-Haut	68	101 km SE	627	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bougnon	70	74 km SW	495	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vaxoncourt	88	12 km W	507	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Hannogne-Saint-Martin	08	200 km NW	445	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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