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Relanges

Vosges · CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest · INSEE 88381

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 7 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Relanges (INSEE 88381) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 189 (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/88381-relanges

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 7 % of the 15,632 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.26102.62
Housing mix0.5752.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - FOYER RURAL). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)0INSEE BPE 0 [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 - FOYER RURALINSEE 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]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 316 peak 1975: 329 2023: 189 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 214 (2012) → 189 (2023): -11.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 248 (1990) → 189 (2023): -23.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 140, of which 21.4 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.9 km SE (Darney)GP — 3.3 km SE (Darney)Primary school — 3.4 km SE (Darney)Pharmacy — 3.7 km SE (Darney)Bakery — 3.8 km SE (Darney)
Food shop — 2.9 km SEGP — 3.3 km SEPrimary school — 3.4 km SEPharmacy — 3.7 km SEBakery — 3.8 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 (Darney): 3.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Darney): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Darney): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Darney): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Darney): 3.4 km to the south-east (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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the LIGNEVILLE weather station, 6.8 km away at 433 m; the village itself is at 316 m. [9]

The village sits 117 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 LIGNEVILLE, 6.8 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. [9]

That station sits 117 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 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at LIGNEVILLE, 6.8 km away at 433 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88381/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88381/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88381/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88381/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88124
  9. 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
Cadrieu46513 km SW17417No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Gruey-lès-Surance8815 km SE2047.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Dyé89161 km W18613.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Thorey-sous-Charny21146 km SW19611.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Tourzel-Ronzières63362 km SW20014.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Damrémont5233 km SW19810.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gruey-lès-Surance8815 km SE2047.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 46 %
Damrémont5233 km SW19810.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Thorey-sous-Charny21146 km SW19611.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Dyé89161 km W18613.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Tourzel-Ronzières63362 km SW20014.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Cadrieu46513 km SW17417No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 68 % · 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 Relanges'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
Thorey-sous-Charny21146 km SW19611.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Couargues18249 km W19411.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Fley71191 km SW1929.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vosnon10162 km W24017.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Aprey5271 km SW18713.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Trévillach66659 km SW20118.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %