Uzemain

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88484

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

Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Uzemain (INSEE 88484) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 1,046 (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/88484-uzemain

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 14,063 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.54	10	5.38
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.64

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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ART DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (C&C). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (ESPRIT BO'M). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	1	L'ART DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	C&C	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	1	ESPRIT BO'M	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 849 peak 2012: 1,139 2023: 1,046 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,139 (2012) → 1,046 (2023): -8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,008 (1990) → 1,046 (2023): 3.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 550, of which 3.6 % second homes and 10 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.2 km EFood shop — 6.1 km SEGP — 6.1 km SE 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 (Uzemain): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Xertigny): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Xertigny): 6.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Uriménil): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Uzemain): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.2

Days at or below 0 °C 56.9

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DOMMARTIN-AUX-BOIS_SAPC weather station, 9.7 km away at 396 m; the village itself is at 331 m. ^[11]

The village sits 65 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 EPINAL, 15.8 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,042 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at GIRANCOURT, 6 km away at 355 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88484/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88484/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88484/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88484/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88484
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88530
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88481
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
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	363 km NW	987	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Louches	62	438 km NW	947	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Menthonnex-en-Bornes	74	227 km S	1,115	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul	27	382 km W	973	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Victor-de-Morestel	38	273 km S	1,168	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Vienne	38	310 km S	964	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Menthonnex-en-Bornes	74	227 km S	1,115	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-de-Morestel	38	273 km S	1,168	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Vienne	38	310 km S	964	47.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Cuigy-en-Bray	60	363 km NW	987	44.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bailleul	27	382 km W	973	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Louches	62	438 km NW	947	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 89 % · 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 Uzemain'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-Pierre-de-Bailleul	27	382 km W	973	45.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Cheniménil	88	20 km E	1,210	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Lyé-la-Forêt	45	324 km W	1,257	32.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rosoy	89	226 km W	1,072	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sagy	95	341 km W	1,096	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Charmoy	89	213 km W	1,104	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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