Tendon
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 25.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Tendon (INSEE 88464) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Hautes Vosges. Population 499 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 25.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 46 % of the 17,785 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.65 | 10 | 6.5 |
| Housing mix | 0.43 | 5 | 2.15 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETIT TODAS GOURMAND). [3]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (TENDON RP). [3]
2 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA POIRIE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LE PETIT TODAS GOURMAND | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [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) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | 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 | 1 | TENDON RP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | AUBERGE DE LA POIRIE | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 508 (2012) → 499 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 434 (1990) → 499 (2023): 15 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 326, of which 28.5 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tendon): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Lépanges-sur-Vologne): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). [10]
GP (Docelles): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Docelles): 5.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Tendon): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 6.6 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 459 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 10.2 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. [12]
That station sits 346 m above 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 1,170 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CHENIMENIL, 6.5 km away at 402 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 — 88464/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/10/d36cc509-02d2-33a9-8459-711bacc4b7e6— “Marché bio local”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88464/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88464/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88464/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88464
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88266
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88135
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geffosses | 50 | 616 km W | 501 | 27.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 26 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gouex | 86 | 492 km W | 487 | 24.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pruniers | 36 | 378 km W | 496 | 26.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Blot-l'Église | 63 | 365 km SW | 436 | 26.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vaudeurs | 89 | 232 km W | 469 | 21.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mailly-la-Ville | 89 | 231 km W | 493 | 23.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailly-la-Ville | 89 | 231 km W | 493 | 23.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vaudeurs | 89 | 232 km W | 469 | 21.9 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 % |
| Blot-l'Église | 63 | 365 km SW | 436 | 26.3 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pruniers | 36 | 378 km W | 496 | 26.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gouex | 86 | 492 km W | 487 | 24.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 42 % · humidity 79 % |
| Geffosses | 50 | 616 km W | 501 | 27.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 26 % · 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 Tendon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-des-Ollières | 63 | 370 km SW | 459 | 29.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Chapelle-devant-Bruyères | 88 | 11 km NE | 547 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boissy-lès-Perche | 28 | 432 km W | 497 | 25.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Bordes | 89 | 245 km W | 551 | 38.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chamoy | 10 | 201 km W | 499 | 35.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montoulieu | 09 | 700 km SW | 415 | 35.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
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