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Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont

Vosges · CC de la Porte des Vosges Méridionales · INSEE 88415

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

Few services 39/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont (INSEE 88415) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de la Porte des Vosges Méridionales. Population 3,818 (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/88415-saint-etienne-les-remiremont

Vitality score

Vitality score 39/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 14 % of the 5,872 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 food0.2255.12
Social0.622012.41
Education0.39103.93
Health0.22102.21
Public & culture0.1150.55
Population trend0.43104.35
Housing mix0.9254.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 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 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MENARD). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MON BUDGET MALIN). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (SODIREM · ALDI MARCHE COLMAR). [3,4]

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

5 × Restaurant (MC DONALD'S · LE CHALET D'ETIENNE · CASA PIZZA · LE PETIT STEPHANOIS). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE EUROPE · LE CHARLY BAR). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE - LA TORTUE BLEUE -). [3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE - SEUX - · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - LE FOSSARD -). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SABRINA LEUVREY, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PETITJEAN). [3,4]

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

8 × Hairdresser (MAXIMILIEN · HOLLARD BERENGERE · HAIR BY M · ADDICT'TIF). [3,4]

3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE CHALET D'ETIENNE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MENARDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1MON BUDGET MALININSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket2SODIREM · ALDI MARCHE COLMARINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger1POISSONNERIE LAPORTE NICOTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant5MC DONALD'S · LE CHALET D'ETIENNE · CASA PIZZA · LE PETIT STEPHANOISINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar3CAFE EUROPE · LE CHARLY BARINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE - LA TORTUE BLEUE -INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE - SEUX - · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE - LE FOSSARD -INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1SABRINA LEUVREY, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE PETITJEANINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser8MAXIMILIEN · HOLLARD BERENGERE · HAIR BY M · ADDICT'TIFINSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station3STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel1LE CHALET D'ETIENNEINSEE 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: 3,741 peak 1982: 4,497 2023: 3,818 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,862 (2012) → 3,818 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 4,085 (1990) → 3,818 (2023): -6.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,968, of which 4.2 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPharmacy — 0.5 km W (Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km W 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 (Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont): 0.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Étienne-lès-Remiremont): 0.3 km to the north (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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 83 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the BASSE-S-L-RUPT weather station, 9.2 km away at 445 m; the village itself is at 399 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 10.7 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. [9]

That station sits 406 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 1,574 mm of rain a year, spread over 154 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at REMIREMONT, 1 km away at 384 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88415/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88415/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88415/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88415/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88415
  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
Forcalqueiret83522 km S3,38944.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Verberie60319 km NW3,89850.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-l'Isère26361 km S3,68141.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Créhange57116 km N3,69140.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Forges-les-Bains91340 km W4,24146.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Ardres62460 km NW4,38962.8ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Créhange57116 km N3,69140.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Verberie60319 km NW3,89850.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Forges-les-Bains91340 km W4,24146.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Pont-de-l'Isère26361 km S3,68141.8Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 28 % · humidity 86 %
Ardres62460 km NW4,38962.8ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Forcalqueiret83522 km S3,38944.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

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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-Étienne-lès-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
Créhange57116 km N3,69140.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Is-sur-Tille21125 km SW4,30257Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Grandvillars9060 km SE2,94761.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-Laprade43388 km SW3,43250.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Delle9064 km SE5,62352Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Le Thillot8819 km SE3,16747.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %