Raon-aux-Bois

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88371

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

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Raon-aux-Bois (INSEE 88371) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 1,202 (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/88371-raon-aux-bois

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 13,200 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.63	10	6.33
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.5

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 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) (CHEZ STEPH). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE LE BEXY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (RAON AUX BOIS LE BEXY RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MANGIN MYLENE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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)	1	CHEZ STEPH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE LE BEXY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	RAON AUX BOIS LE BEXY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	MANGIN MYLENE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 630 peak 2012: 1,243 2023: 1,202 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,243 (2012) → 1,202 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,061 (1990) → 1,202 (2023): 13.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 585, of which 5 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km NPharmacy — 4.5 km EGP — 5.4 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 (Raon-aux-Bois): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Raon-aux-Bois): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Nabord): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Nabord): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Raon-aux-Bois): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.3

Days at or below 0 °C 73.9

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 14.6 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 405 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 17.1 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 400 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 1,574 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at REMIREMONT, 7 km away at 384 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 — 88371/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88371/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88371/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88371/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88371
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88429
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
Arthon	36	393 km W	1,215	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Boisset-Saint-Priest	42	338 km SW	1,298	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Marcilloles	38	319 km S	1,201	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Conquereuil	44	619 km W	1,061	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 50 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy	72	451 km W	995	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Abilly	37	452 km W	1,116	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marcilloles	38	319 km S	1,201	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Boisset-Saint-Priest	42	338 km SW	1,298	31.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 0 %
Arthon	36	393 km W	1,215	29.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Saint-Rémy	72	451 km W	995	40	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Abilly	37	452 km W	1,116	24.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Conquereuil	44	619 km W	1,061	30.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 50 %

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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 Raon-aux-Bois'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
Harol	88	23 km NW	614	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Gironcourt-sur-Vraine	88	52 km NW	849	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Crulai	61	438 km W	797	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Loubeyrat	63	356 km SW	1,437	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Gresle	42	278 km SW	857	29.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chanat-la-Mouteyre	63	363 km SW	950	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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