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Rehaupal

Vosges · CC Gérardmer Hautes Vosges · INSEE 88380

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

Few services 20.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Rehaupal (INSEE 88380) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Gérardmer Hautes Vosges. Population 210 (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/88380-rehaupal

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,281 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.79107.88
Housing mix0.3151.56

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 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 1 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). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE REHAUPAL MAIRIE). [3]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DU HAUT JARDIN - LES PERLES DU HAUT JARDIN). [3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE REHAUPAL MAIRIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1AUBERGE DU HAUT JARDIN - LES PERLES DU HAUT JARDININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 204 peak 2017: 211 2023: 210 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 193 (2012) → 210 (2023): 8.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 163 (1990) → 210 (2023): 28.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 34.4 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 2.0 km E (Rehaupal)Bakery — 3.7 km W (Tendon)GP — 4.3 km S (Le Tholy)Pharmacy — 4.3 km S (Le Tholy)Food shop — 4.7 km SE (Le Tholy)
Primary school — 2.0 km EBakery — 3.7 km WGP — 4.3 km SPharmacy — 4.3 km SFood shop — 4.7 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 (Tendon): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Tholy): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Le Tholy): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Le Tholy): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Rehaupal): 2 km to the east (straight line). [10]

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the VAGNEY weather station, 8.8 km away at 805 m; the village itself is at 517 m. [11]

The village sits 288 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 8.8 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. [11]

That station sits 288 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,500 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at VAGNEY, 8.8 km away at 805 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88380/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88380/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88380/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88380/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88464
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88470
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88380
  11. 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
Valbelle04447 km S23822.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geniès-de-Varensal34572 km SW20217.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Cerzat43412 km SW22019.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Tordères66692 km SW18723.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 34 % · humidity 29 %
Les Chavannes-en-Maurienne73305 km S22018.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Castelreng11669 km SW20720.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 76 % · humidity 21 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Les Chavannes-en-Maurienne73305 km S22018.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Cerzat43412 km SW22019.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Valbelle04447 km S23822.9Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 30 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geniès-de-Varensal34572 km SW20217.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Castelreng11669 km SW20720.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 76 % · humidity 21 %
Tordères66692 km SW18723.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 34 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Rehaupal'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-Pierre-Colamine63406 km SW24716.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Entrevernes74262 km S19116.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Neuville-sur-Authou27464 km W19125.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saurier63401 km SW24523.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
La Puisaye28430 km W24818.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
École73278 km S30525.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %