Raves

Vosges · CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges · INSEE 88375

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

Partly served 43.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Raves (INSEE 88375) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 481 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,860 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.94	10	9.44
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.4

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ MAGALI). ^[3]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI - CHEZ CHOUPETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (HAXAIRE LOELIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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)	1	CHEZ MAGALI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXI - CHEZ CHOUPETTE	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]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ALEXANDRE DUMAS	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	HAXAIRE LOELIE	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: 261 2023: 481 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 444 (2012) → 481 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 333 (1990) → 481 (2023): 44.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 6 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km SEPharmacy — 2.6 km SEGP — 3.0 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 (Ban-de-Laveline): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Raves): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ban-de-Laveline): 3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ban-de-Laveline): 2.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Raves): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.4

Days at or below 0 °C 84.2

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the STE MARGUERITE weather station, 6.4 km away at 358 m; the village itself is at 387 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 9.9 km away at 590 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 203 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 1,229 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PROVENCHERES, 5.1 km away at 410 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 — 88375/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88375/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88375/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88375/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88375
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
Locmélar	29	821 km W	487	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %
Francastel	60	387 km NW	497	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Macé	61	511 km W	460	32	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Acheux-en-Vimeu	80	439 km NW	501	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Morvillers	60	405 km NW	506	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas	76	461 km NW	444	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Francastel	60	387 km NW	497	36.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Morvillers	60	405 km NW	506	35.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Acheux-en-Vimeu	80	439 km NW	501	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Dampierre-Saint-Nicolas	76	461 km NW	444	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 18 % · humidity 100 %
Macé	61	511 km W	460	32	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Locmélar	29	821 km W	487	38	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 15 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Raves'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
Montagney	70	150 km SW	488	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vany	57	116 km NW	478	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vensat	63	382 km SW	569	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Voyer	57	43 km N	445	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Chevinay	69	333 km SW	580	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Flachères	38	338 km SW	579	48	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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