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Remiremont

Vosges · CC de la Porte des Vosges Méridionales · INSEE 88383

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

Served 67.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Remiremont (INSEE 88383) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de la Porte des Vosges Méridionales. Population 7,388 (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/88383-remiremont

Vitality score

Vitality score 67.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 3,277 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 food0.532513.13
Social0.992019.76
Education0.71107.13
Health0.82108.16
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.31103.15
Housing mix0.9454.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 5 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 2 of 2
Sport 2 of 2
Everyday services 3 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

13 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GONCALVES JULIO · THIL CHOCOLATIER · AU FOURNIL DE CYRILLE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE THIEBAUT). [3]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SPEEDNIGHT88 · L'EPICERIE DE REMIREMONT). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · CORA). [3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (POISSONNERIE NICOT). [3,4]

39 × Restaurant (LA COUPOLE · L'INSTANT PRESENT · F2 - EPINAL · SNC DAUBIE ET FILS). [3,4]

15 × Café / bar (BAR DE L'EST · IN VINO VERITAS · LA TAVERNE · THE MIDDLE CAFE · LES P'TIOTES). [4]

5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE - LE RHUMONT - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE - LA MAIX - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE - REVILLON - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE - JULES FERRY - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT ROMARIC). [3]

2 × Collège (COLLEGE CHARLET · COLLEGE CHRISTIAN PONCELET). [3]

10 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-SOPHIE ROGER, MÉDECIN · PAUL-ÉMILE GALL, MÉDECIN · BENOIT FLEURENCE, MÉDECIN · LIONEL FLEURY, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS PINOT, MÉDECIN). [3]

5 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE BECHAMP · PHARMACIE ROSSEL · PHARMACIE MERLOT VIATOUX · PHARMACIE DES CHANOINESSES · PHARMACIE DES CAPUCINS). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LE CERCLE). [3]

1 × Cinema (MAJESTIC FRANCE LE VOLONTAIRE). [3]

7 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL CAMILLE CLAUDEL · COSEC CHARLET · GYMNASE LE TERTRE · COMPLEXE DE BECHAMP · SALLE D ACTIVITES DE LA MAIX). [3]

1 × Swimming pool (PLAN D EAU). [3]

8 × Bank (CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE REMIREMONT · CCF · BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · REMIREMONT KOLB). [3]

25 × Hairdresser (MOUGEL ANNETTE · CHRISTINE COIFFURE · DEREGNAUCOURT). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]

4 × Hotel (LE CHEVAL DE BRONZE · ETAP HOTEL · BEST WESTERN PREMIER LE CHAPITRE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Supermarket, 13 × Restaurant, 1 × Collège, 1 × Bank, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)13GONCALVES JULIO · THIL CHOCOLATIER · AU FOURNIL DE CYRILLEINSEE BPE 13 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1CHARCUTERIE THIEBAUTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2SPEEDNIGHT88 · L'EPICERIE DE REMIREMONTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket2LIDL · CORAINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1POISSONNERIE NICOTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant39LA COUPOLE · L'INSTANT PRESENT · F2 - EPINAL · SNC DAUBIE ET FILSINSEE BPE 39 / INSEE SIRENE 65 [3,4]
Café / bar15BAR DE L'EST · IN VINO VERITAS · LA TAVERNE · THE MIDDLE CAFE · LES P'TIOTESINSEE SIRENE 15 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)5ECOLE PRIMAIRE - LE RHUMONT - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE - LA MAIX - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE - REVILLON - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE - JULES FERRY - · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT ROMARICINSEE BPE 5 [3]
Collège2COLLEGE CHARLET · COLLEGE CHRISTIAN PONCELETINSEE BPE 2 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)10ANNE-SOPHIE ROGER, MÉDECIN · PAUL-ÉMILE GALL, MÉDECIN · BENOIT FLEURENCE, MÉDECIN · LIONEL FLEURY, MÉDECIN · ALEXIS PINOT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 10 [3]
Pharmacy5PHARMACIE DE BECHAMP · PHARMACIE ROSSEL · PHARMACIE MERLOT VIATOUX · PHARMACIE DES CHANOINESSES · PHARMACIE DES CAPUCINSINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE LE CERCLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1MAJESTIC FRANCE LE VOLONTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall7GYMNASE LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL CAMILLE CLAUDEL · COSEC CHARLET · GYMNASE LE TERTRE · COMPLEXE DE BECHAMP · SALLE D ACTIVITES DE LA MAIXINSEE BPE 7 [3]
Swimming pool1PLAN D EAUINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank8CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE REMIREMONT · CCF · BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · REMIREMONT KOLBINSEE BPE 8 [3]
Hairdresser25MOUGEL ANNETTE · CHRISTINE COIFFURE · DEREGNAUCOURTINSEE BPE 25 / INSEE SIRENE 28 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel4LE CHEVAL DE BRONZE · ETAP HOTEL · BEST WESTERN PREMIER LE CHAPITREINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday matin partie haute de la rue Charles de Gaulle. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 9,312 peak 1975: 10,552 2023: 7,388 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 7,766 (2012) → 7,388 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 9,068 (1990) → 7,388 (2023): -18.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 4,888, of which 3 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Remiremont): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Remiremont): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Remiremont): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Remiremont): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Remiremont): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BASSE-S-L-RUPT weather station, 10.4 km away at 445 m; the village itself is at 398 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 12.2 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. [10]

That station sits 407 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, 0.6 km away at 384 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88383/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.remiremont.fr/commerce-gastronomie/— “Tous les mardis matin, le marché hebdomadaire s'installe dans la partie haute de la rue Charles de Gaulle.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88383/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88383/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88383/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88383
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Rethel08233 km NW7,44472.1ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Bain-de-Bretagne35617 km W7,67473.6ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 %
Barr6777 km NE7,05766.8ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Falaise14510 km W7,68073.8ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Châteaubourg35594 km W7,53365.8Servedno figures
Valognes50614 km W6,96968.2ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Barr6777 km NE7,05766.8ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Rethel08233 km NW7,44472.1ServedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Falaise14510 km W7,68073.8ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Châteaubourg35594 km W7,53365.8Servedno figures
Valognes50614 km W6,96968.2ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Bain-de-Bretagne35617 km W7,67473.6ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 23 % · 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 Remiremont'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
Neufchâteau8877 km NW6,73263.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Luxeuil-les-Bains7027 km SW6,66366.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Thônes74238 km S6,65469.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Delle9064 km SE5,62352Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Is-sur-Tille21123 km SW4,30257Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mende48456 km SW12,46462.6ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %