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Ramonchamp

Vosges · CC des Ballons des Hautes-Vosges · INSEE 88369

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

Partly served 40.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Ramonchamp (INSEE 88369) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Ballons des Hautes-Vosges. Population 1,815 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/88369-ramonchamp

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 10,250 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.34258.55
Social0.512010.26
Education0.39103.93
Health0.2101.97
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.41104.14
Housing mix0.8654.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES DELICES DE CLEMENCE). [3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU FUME VOSGIEN · PREST-AL). [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MICLOT CHRISTY · SCHMITT GASPEMRENT). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE RAMONCHAMP). [3,4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (ANNE LAURE COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE KARINE). [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LES DELICES DE CLEMENCEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)2AU FUME VOSGIEN · PREST-ALINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2MICLOT CHRISTY · SCHMITT GASPEMRENTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE RAMONCHAMPINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1RAMONCHAMP APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1GYMNASEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser4ANNE LAURE COIFFURE · LES CISEAUX DE KARINEINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,751 peak 1975: 2,099 2023: 1,815 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,999 (2012) → 1,815 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,985 (1990) → 1,815 (2023): -8.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,021, of which 7.1 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 1.9 km SE (Le Thillot)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.9 km SE 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 (Ramonchamp): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ramonchamp): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Le Thillot): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Ramonchamp): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Ramonchamp): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BASSE-S-L-RUPT weather station, 11.1 km away at 445 m; the village itself is at 466 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 16.8 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. [10]

That station sits 339 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 1,924 mm of rain a year, spread over 162 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at RUPT-SUR-MOSELLE, 6.4 km away at 427 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88369/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88369/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88369/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88369/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88369
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88468
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ménilles27416 km W1,70846.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Quiévy59350 km NW1,80337Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-d'Abbat45334 km W1,85138.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Balagny-sur-Thérain60359 km NW1,62846.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Amarin6822 km E2,17353.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Montfaucon30451 km S1,54039.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 12 % · humidity 36 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Amarin6822 km E2,17353.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-d'Abbat45334 km W1,85138.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Quiévy59350 km NW1,80337Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Balagny-sur-Thérain60359 km NW1,62846.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Ménilles27416 km W1,70846.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %
Montfaucon30451 km S1,54039.5Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 12 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Ramonchamp'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Sauveur7028 km W1,92050.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fresse-sur-Moselle884.0 km SE1,66231.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Menthon-Saint-Bernard74230 km S1,89150.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Joncherey9045 km SE1,45128.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Froideconche7025 km W1,96044.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thillot882.2 km SE3,16747.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %