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Le Thillot

Vosges · CC des Ballons des Hautes-Vosges · INSEE 88468

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

Partly served 47.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Thillot (INSEE 88468) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Ballons des Hautes-Vosges. Population 3,167 (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/88468-le-thillot

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 6,814 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 food0.38259.52
Social0.722014.46
Education0.22102.21
Health0.61106.1
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.25102.46
Housing mix0.8454.2

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 2 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL SAVOLDELLI · DV PANIFICATION). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR CHEZ). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MONTAGNE ET SAVEURS DU TERROIR). [3,4]

2 × Supermarket (LIDL · INTERMARCHE). [3,4]

10 × Restaurant (SARL AU P'TIT CAFE · SOS PIZZA · HELLO BURGER · SOS CARLOS DISTRIB). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (L'EMBUSCADE · L'ETOILE - CAFE BAR). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE - JULES FERRY -). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES FERRY). [3]

7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SACHA MARTIN, MÉDECIN · TIPHAINE HUANT, MÉDECIN · ELOISE VIALTEL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL CLERGET, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS CHEVALIER, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE · PHARMACIE DES ARCADES). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LE THILLOT). [3]

1 × Cinema (VARIETES). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE COLLEGE JULES FERRY · SALLE OMNISPORTS). [3]

6 × Bank (CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LA HAUTE MOSELLE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · BNP PARIBAS). [3]

5 × Hairdresser (SALON BOUCLETTES · INTERCOIFF' · SHIVASTYLE). [3,4]

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE CLOS DES CHAUMES). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). [3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3SARL SAVOLDELLI · DV PANIFICATIONINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR CHEZINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1MONTAGNE ET SAVEURS DU TERROIRINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket2LIDL · INTERMARCHEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant10SARL AU P'TIT CAFE · SOS PIZZA · HELLO BURGER · SOS CARLOS DISTRIBINSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar3L'EMBUSCADE · L'ETOILE - CAFE BARINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE - JULES FERRY -INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE JULES FERRYINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)7SACHA MARTIN, MÉDECIN · TIPHAINE HUANT, MÉDECIN · ELOISE VIALTEL, MÉDECIN · JEAN-PAUL CLERGET, MÉDECIN · NICOLAS CHEVALIER, MÉDECININSEE BPE 7 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE DE LA POSTE · PHARMACIE DES ARCADESINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LE THILLOTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema1VARIETESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall2GYMNASE COLLEGE JULES FERRY · SALLE OMNISPORTSINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank6CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL DE LA HAUTE MOSELLE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · BANQUE POPULAIRE ALSACE LORRAINE CHAMPAGNE · CREDIT AGRICOLE ALSACE VOSGES · BNP PARIBASINSEE BPE 6 [3]
Hairdresser5SALON BOUCLETTES · INTERCOIFF' · SHIVASTYLEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Fuel station3STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite1CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE CLOS DES CHAUMESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 4,577 peak 1975: 5,114 2023: 3,167 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,624 (2012) → 3,167 (2023): -12.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 4,246 (1990) → 3,167 (2023): -25.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,976, of which 8 % second homes and 11.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Le Thillot): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Le Thillot): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Le Thillot): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Le Thillot): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Le Thillot): 0.2 km to the north-east (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, 12.5 km away at 445 m; the village itself is at 493 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at VAGNEY, 18.1 km away at 805 m, over 18 summers. [9]

That station sits 312 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 2,069 mm of rain a year, spread over 161 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at LE MENIL, 6.3 km away at 665 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88468/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88468/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88468/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88468/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88468
  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
Tosse40781 km SW3,55648.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 15 % · humidity 0 %
Davézieux07331 km SW3,20569.2ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Artannes-sur-Indre37467 km W2,79555.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Anet28408 km W2,72165.9ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur14506 km W2,52764.4ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Ganges34498 km SW3,72462.3ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 31 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Davézieux07331 km SW3,20569.2ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Anet28408 km W2,72165.9ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Artannes-sur-Indre37467 km W2,79555.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 %
Ganges34498 km SW3,72462.3ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 31 %
La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur14506 km W2,52764.4ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Tosse40781 km SW3,55648.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 15 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Le Thillot'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
Grandvillars9041 km S2,94761.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Is-sur-Tille21130 km W4,30257Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-Laprade43382 km SW3,43250.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Luxeuil-les-Bains7029 km W6,66366.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Neufchâteau8895 km NW6,73263.1ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Créhange57132 km N3,69140.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %