Saint-Menge
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 11.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Menge (INSEE 88427) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de l'Ouest Vosgien. Population 115 (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 11.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 31 % of the 11,821 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.75 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
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, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 131 (2012) → 115 (2023): -12.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 118 (1990) → 115 (2023): -2.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 62, of which 1.6 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Gironcourt-sur-Vraine): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Gironcourt-sur-Vraine): 3.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Châtenois): 8.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Châtenois): 9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Gironcourt-sur-Vraine): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MIRECOURT-INRAE weather station, 12.5 km away at 289 m; the village itself is at 347 m. [10]
The village sits 58 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at MIRECOURT-INRAE, 12.5 km away at 289 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 58 m below 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 983 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CHATENOIS, 9.2 km away at 330 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88427/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88427/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88427/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88427/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88206
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88095
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champneuville | 55 | 115 km NW | 115 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crémery | 80 | 280 km NW | 115 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hangard | 80 | 303 km NW | 115 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thurey-le-Mont | 25 | 103 km S | 114 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Neuville-sur-Margival | 02 | 227 km NW | 116 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Épense | 51 | 112 km NW | 117 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurey-le-Mont | 25 | 103 km S | 114 | 13.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
| Épense | 51 | 112 km NW | 117 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champneuville | 55 | 115 km NW | 115 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Neuville-sur-Margival | 02 | 227 km NW | 116 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crémery | 80 | 280 km NW | 115 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 % |
| Hangard | 80 | 303 km NW | 115 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 70 % · 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 Saint-Menge'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gréning | 57 | 100 km NE | 113 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bourg-sous-Châtelet | 90 | 99 km SE | 115 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Xousse | 54 | 69 km NE | 115 | 10 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vaudesincourt | 51 | 154 km NW | 110 | 10.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villargent | 70 | 92 km SE | 117 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Château-Voué | 57 | 80 km NE | 113 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
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