Portieux

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88355

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 16.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 1 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Portieux (INSEE 88355) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 1,224 (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/88355-portieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 1 % of the 13,093 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.32	10	3.2
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Post office / agence postale (PORTIEUX VERRERIE AP · PORTIEUX LPAC AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE NÉNETTE ET RINTINTIN). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 PUBLIQUE CENTRE	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	2	PORTIEUX VERRERIE AP · PORTIEUX LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE NÉNETTE ET RINTINTIN	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 2,163 2023: 1,224 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,295 (2012) → 1,224 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,492 (1990) → 1,224 (2023): -18 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 547, of which 6.2 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.8 km WPharmacy — 0.8 km WBakery — 0.9 km SWFood shop — 1.4 km SW 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 (Vincey): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vincey): 1.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vincey): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vincey): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Portieux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 83.9

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MIRECOURT weather station, 15.8 km away at 265 m; the village itself is at 294 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 16.8 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 988 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NOMEXY, 4.7 km away at 290 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 — 88355/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88355/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88355/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88355/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88513
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88355
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
Galluis	78	338 km W	1,298	23	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Marthod	73	291 km S	1,346	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Montaud	34	543 km S	1,014	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Azereix	65	754 km SW	992	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 38 % · humidity 57 %
Dargnies	80	398 km NW	1,174	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Tresserre	66	699 km SW	1,166	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 12 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marthod	73	291 km S	1,346	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Galluis	78	338 km W	1,298	23	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Dargnies	80	398 km NW	1,174	19.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Montaud	34	543 km S	1,014	24.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Tresserre	66	699 km SW	1,166	28.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 12 % · humidity 14 %
Azereix	65	754 km SW	992	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 100 % · winter 38 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Portieux'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
Bizonnes	38	330 km S	1,028	27.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villy-le-Pelloux	74	261 km S	1,062	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rossfeld	67	94 km E	1,043	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Willerwald	57	91 km NE	1,517	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Griesbach-au-Val	68	70 km SE	678	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gros-Réderching	57	103 km NE	1,266	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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