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Serécourt

Vosges · CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest · INSEE 88455

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 5.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 3 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Serécourt (INSEE 88455) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 100 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/88455-serecourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 5.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 3 % of the 10,643 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.3103
Housing mix0.2751.34

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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”.

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 197 2023: 100 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 121 (2012) → 100 (2023): -17.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 125 (1990) → 100 (2023): -20 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 93, of which 36.6 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 4.2 km S (Isches)Bakery — 4.5 km NE (Frain)Food shop — 4.6 km NW (Lamarche)Pharmacy — 4.9 km W (Lamarche)GP — 5.0 km W (Lamarche)
Primary school — 4.2 km SBakery — 4.5 km NEFood shop — 4.6 km NWPharmacy — 4.9 km WGP — 5.0 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 (Frain): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lamarche): 4.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Lamarche): 5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Lamarche): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Isches): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LIGNEVILLE weather station, 14.7 km away at 433 m; the village itself is at 339 m. [11]

The village sits 94 m below 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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LIGNEVILLE, 14.7 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. [11]

That station sits 94 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,108 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LAMARCHE, 4.5 km away at 370 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88455/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88455/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88455/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88455/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88180
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88258
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88248
  11. 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
Entrages04447 km S1008.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Bourg14434 km W1049.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Villiers-le-Bois10124 km W999.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Erloy02254 km NW983.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Lastic63361 km SW982.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sigy-le-Châtel71192 km SW1046.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villiers-le-Bois10124 km W999.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sigy-le-Châtel71192 km SW1046.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Erloy02254 km NW983.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Lastic63361 km SW982.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Vieux-Bourg14434 km W1049.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Entrages04447 km S1008.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · 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 Serécourt'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
Villiers-le-Bois10124 km W999.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Les Thons887.9 km SE973No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bussières89151 km SW11211No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Villon89124 km W1127.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Petite-Fosse8895 km E9110.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Maizières-sur-Amance5231 km SW954.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %