Sanchey

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88439

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

Partly served 48.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sanchey (INSEE 88439) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 963 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/88439-sanchey

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 14,551 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.94	10	9.42
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.17

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MARCHE DU LAC). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SNACK CATHY). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (AU BON ACCUEIL · RESTAURANT L'EXOTIS). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (LAC DE BOUZEY). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ATYPIQUE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING CLUB LAC DE BOUZEY). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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)	1	MARCHE DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	SNACK CATHY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	AU BON ACCUEIL · RESTAURANT L'EXOTIS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	LAC DE BOUZEY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ATYPIQUE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING CLUB LAC DE BOUZEY	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 188 2023: 963 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 874 (2012) → 963 (2023): 10.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 668 (1990) → 963 (2023): 44.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 525, of which 18.3 % second homes and 1.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.9 km SBakery — 1.8 km WGP — 2.0 km EPharmacy — 2.5 km NE 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 (Chaumousey): 1.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sanchey): 0.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Forges): 2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Uxegney): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Sanchey): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 63.1

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the DOMMARTIN-AUX-BOIS_SAPC weather station, 6.2 km away at 396 m; the village itself is at 370 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 7.8 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 53 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 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GIRANCOURT, 4.9 km away at 355 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 — 88439/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88439/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88439/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88439/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88098
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88439
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88178
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88483
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
Lathuile	74	266 km S	1,105	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Maisoncelles-en-Brie	77	260 km W	977	48.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-en-Born	40	726 km SW	975	50.4	Partly served	no figures
Monte	2B	677 km S	650	44.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Avre	73	314 km S	925	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Labastide-de-Lévis	81	579 km SW	971	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Maisoncelles-en-Brie	77	260 km W	977	48.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Lathuile	74	266 km S	1,105	35.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Avre	73	314 km S	925	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Labastide-de-Lévis	81	579 km SW	971	36.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Monte	2B	677 km S	650	44.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Paul-en-Born	40	726 km SW	975	50.4	Partly served	no figures

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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 Sanchey'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
Soisy-Bouy	77	230 km W	850	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bootzheim	67	90 km E	795	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Verrens-Arvey	73	280 km S	959	39.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Dannemois	91	289 km W	865	35.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Didier-des-Bois	27	409 km W	892	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Artolsheim	67	90 km E	1,005	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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