Raon-l'Étape
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 53.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 53 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Raon-l'Étape (INSEE 88372) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 5,886 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/88372-raon-l-etape
Vitality score
Vitality score 53.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 53 % of the 4,014 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 | 0.51 | 25 | 12.71 |
| Social | 0.74 | 20 | 14.78 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.68 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.72 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
6 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE SCHWARTZ · BOULANGERIE SAINT GEORGES · PL BOULANGERIE · BOULANGERIE MERLING · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE KIEFFER PATR). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PERRIN). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (RAON DISTRIBUTION · NORMA SARL · U EXPRESS). [3,4]
12 × Restaurant (PIZZA GUIZZ · L'AMERICAIN · PIZZERIA DES AMIS · PIZZERIA CHEZ DOM). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (SEVEN · AU PETIT PECHEUR · BAR DE L'UNION). [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB GABRIELLE PETIT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JOSEPH COLIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB MAURICE COURTIN). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE LOUIS PASTEUR). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIBAUD LEMEN, MÉDECIN · AURELIE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE SUIRE LECOMTE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE. SITE DE RAON L'ETAPE). [3]
1 × Cinema (THEATRE MUNICIPAL). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COSEC · HALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
5 × Bank (BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL PORTE DES VOSGES · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · BANQUE CIC EST · CAISSE D'EPARGNE DE LORRAINE). [3]
11 × Hairdresser (CHRIS'TIF COIFFURE' · ACTU'ELLE ET LUI · DOMICILE DUO · CHRIS COIFFURE · TENDANCE ET STYLE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (RELAIS LORRAINE ALSACE PERE ET FILS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 5 × Restaurant, 1 × Primary school (élémentaire), 2 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 6 | PATISSERIE SCHWARTZ · BOULANGERIE SAINT GEORGES · PL BOULANGERIE · BOULANGERIE MERLING · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE KIEFFER PATR | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | PERRIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 3 | RAON DISTRIBUTION · NORMA SARL · U EXPRESS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 12 | PIZZA GUIZZ · L'AMERICAIN · PIZZERIA DES AMIS · PIZZERIA CHEZ DOM | INSEE BPE 12 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | SEVEN · AU PETIT PECHEUR · BAR DE L'UNION | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB GABRIELLE PETIT · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JOSEPH COLIN · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB MAURICE COURTIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE LOUIS PASTEUR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | THIBAUD LEMEN, MÉDECIN · AURELIE FRANCOIS, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE SUIRE LECOMTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE. SITE DE RAON L'ETAPE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | THEATRE MUNICIPAL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COSEC · HALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 5 | BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL PORTE DES VOSGES · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · BANQUE CIC EST · CAISSE D'EPARGNE DE LORRAINE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 11 | CHRIS'TIF COIFFURE' · ACTU'ELLE ET LUI · DOMICILE DUO · CHRIS COIFFURE · TENDANCE ET STYLE | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | RELAIS LORRAINE ALSACE PERE ET FILS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 6,478 (2012) → 5,886 (2023): -9.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 6,780 (1990) → 5,886 (2023): -13.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 3,656, of which 2.8 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Raon-l'Étape): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Raon-l'Étape): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Raon-l'Étape): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Raon-l'Étape): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Raon-l'Étape): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BAN-DE-SAPT weather station, 12.9 km away at 590 m; the village itself is at 283 m. [9]
The village sits 307 m below 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 12.9 km away at 590 m, over 20 summers. [9]
That station sits 307 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,025 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 12.9 km away at 590 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88372/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88372/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88372/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88372/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88372
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lannemezan | 65 | 772 km SW | 5,811 | 64.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gray | 70 | 142 km SW | 5,365 | 68.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Guînes | 62 | 451 km NW | 5,479 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Flour | 15 | 472 km SW | 6,391 | 72.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nogent-sur-Seine | 10 | 247 km W | 5,537 | 55.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Neufchâteau | 88 | 85 km W | 6,732 | 63.1 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neufchâteau | 88 | 85 km W | 6,732 | 63.1 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gray | 70 | 142 km SW | 5,365 | 68.8 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 % |
| Nogent-sur-Seine | 10 | 247 km W | 5,537 | 55.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Guînes | 62 | 451 km NW | 5,479 | 60.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Flour | 15 | 472 km SW | 6,391 | 72.3 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lannemezan | 65 | 772 km SW | 5,811 | 64.2 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
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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-l'Étape'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nogent-sur-Seine | 10 | 247 km W | 5,537 | 55.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Quesnoy-sur-Deûle | 59 | 377 km NW | 6,805 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beaufort-en-Anjou | 49 | 537 km W | 6,901 | 64 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Magny-en-Vexin | 95 | 380 km W | 5,779 | 62.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Corbie | 80 | 356 km NW | 5,982 | 57.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bons-en-Chablais | 74 | 241 km S | 6,343 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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