Plainfaing
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 43.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plainfaing (INSEE 88349) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 1,569 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/88349-plainfaing
Vitality score
Vitality score 43.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 57 % of the 11,292 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.85 | 20 | 16.95 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.31 | 10 | 3.05 |
| Housing mix | 0.46 | 5 | 2.32 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA GRANGE · LES TROIS PETITS COCHONS · DELIZ'PIZZA · BARBA BOUILLE · AUBERGE DE LA CASCADE ET LM CHARPENTE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE · LE CAFE DE LA PLACE). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - DU CENTRE - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE - LA TRUCHE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VIRGINIE GRIMOIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA HAUTE MEURTHE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (PLAINFAING AP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE PIERRE DIDIERJEAN LA PATRIE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (COULEUR MANDARINE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (RELAIS VOSGES ALSACE · LES AUVERNELLES · AUBERGE DE LA GRANGE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 5 | AUBERGE DE LA GRANGE · LES TROIS PETITS COCHONS · DELIZ'PIZZA · BARBA BOUILLE · AUBERGE DE LA CASCADE ET LM CHARPENTE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | CAFE DU CENTRE · LE CAFE DE LA PLACE | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - DU CENTRE - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE - LA TRUCHE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | VIRGINIE GRIMOIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA HAUTE MEURTHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | PLAINFAING AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE PIERRE DIDIERJEAN LA PATRIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | COULEUR MANDARINE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 3 | RELAIS VOSGES ALSACE · LES AUVERNELLES · AUBERGE DE LA GRANGE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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
Population 1,768 (2012) → 1,569 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,948 (1990) → 1,569 (2023): -19.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,223, of which 26.8 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fraize): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fraize): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Plainfaing): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Plainfaing): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Plainfaing): 0 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the STE MARGUERITE weather station, 11.6 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 533 m. [10]
The village sits 175 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 19.3 km away at 590 m, over 20 summers. [10]
That station sits 57 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 1,237 mm of rain a year, spread over 157 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at FRAIZE, 2 km away at 535 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 — 88349/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88349/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88349/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88349/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88181
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88349
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terre-de-Haut | 971 | 7,120 km W | 1,463 | 55.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 % |
| Sablet | 84 | 469 km S | 1,436 | 49.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bréauté | 76 | 510 km W | 1,329 | 43.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 14 % |
| Gilette | 06 | 481 km S | 1,627 | 42.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Fos | 34 | 565 km SW | 1,745 | 50.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 3 % · humidity 57 % |
| Visan | 84 | 458 km S | 1,857 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visan | 84 | 458 km S | 1,857 | 45.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 13 % · winter 12 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sablet | 84 | 469 km S | 1,436 | 49.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gilette | 06 | 481 km S | 1,627 | 42.7 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Bréauté | 76 | 510 km W | 1,329 | 43.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 14 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Fos | 34 | 565 km SW | 1,745 | 50.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 3 % · humidity 57 % |
| Terre-de-Haut | 971 | 7,120 km W | 1,463 | 55.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 0 % |
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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 Plainfaing'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christol | 84 | 476 km S | 1,409 | 44.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Enchenberg | 57 | 97 km N | 1,206 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moirans-en-Montagne | 39 | 217 km SW | 2,107 | 59.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille | 43 | 427 km SW | 1,784 | 59.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Goetzenbruck | 57 | 93 km N | 1,484 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Solignac-sur-Loire | 43 | 429 km SW | 1,289 | 46.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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