Saint-Benoît-la-Chipotte
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Benoît-la-Chipotte (INSEE 88412) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de la Région de Rambervillers. Population 442 (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 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 33 % of the 17,937 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 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.72 | 10 | 7.21 |
| Housing mix | 0.81 | 5 | 4.04 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - DU CENTRE -). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LE FLEM SYMPHOROSE). [3,4]
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, 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - DU CENTRE - | 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 | LE FLEM SYMPHOROSE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 454 (2012) → 442 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 362 (1990) → 442 (2023): 22.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 9.6 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Jeanménil): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ménil-sur-Belvitte): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Rambervillers): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Rambervillers): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Benoît-la-Chipotte): 0 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the ROVILLE weather station, 9.7 km away at 278 m; the village itself is at 349 m. [12]
The village sits 71 m above 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at ROVILLE, 9.7 km away at 278 m, over 26 summers. [12]
That station sits 71 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at ROVILLE, 9.7 km away at 278 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88412/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88412/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88412/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88412/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88251
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88301
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88367
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88412
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Esteben | 64 | 830 km SW | 442 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 27 % · humidity 21 % |
| Mainneville | 27 | 386 km W | 445 | 20.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 % |
| Saint-Macaire-du-Bois | 49 | 543 km W | 439 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Camburat | 46 | 549 km SW | 455 | 23.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 % |
| Grand-Camp | 27 | 462 km W | 452 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bessay | 85 | 627 km W | 456 | 21.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 28 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mainneville | 27 | 386 km W | 445 | 20.5 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 % |
| Grand-Camp | 27 | 462 km W | 452 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Macaire-du-Bois | 49 | 543 km W | 439 | 20.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Camburat | 46 | 549 km SW | 455 | 23.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bessay | 85 | 627 km W | 456 | 21.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 28 % |
| Saint-Esteben | 64 | 830 km SW | 442 | 19.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 27 % · humidity 21 % |
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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 Saint-Benoît-la-Chipotte'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Hélène | 88 | 9.5 km SW | 447 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Charnay | 25 | 149 km SW | 467 | 19.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Borne | 43 | 426 km SW | 403 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Autreville-sur-la-Renne | 52 | 133 km W | 386 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Neuveville-devant-Lépanges | 88 | 23 km S | 493 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Glonville | 54 | 13 km N | 385 | 19.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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