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Valleroy-aux-Saules

Vosges · CC de Mirecourt Dompaire · INSEE 88489

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

No daily shops 11.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valleroy-aux-Saules (INSEE 88489) is in Vosges (88), part of CC de Mirecourt Dompaire. Population 255 (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/88489-valleroy-aux-saules

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 17,334 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 trend0.46104.59
Housing mix0.9754.83

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 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Hairdresser (UN HAIR DE MELODIE). [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]
Hairdresser1UN HAIR DE MELODIEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 134 peak 2012: 281 2023: 255 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 281 (2012) → 255 (2023): -9.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 266 (1990) → 255 (2023): -4.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 119, of which 1.7 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 2.1 km N (Hymont)Pharmacy — 3.5 km N (Mattaincourt)Bakery — 3.8 km N (Mattaincourt)Food shop — 5.5 km N (Mirecourt)GP — 6.1 km N (Mirecourt)
Primary school — 2.1 km NPharmacy — 3.5 km NBakery — 3.8 km NFood shop — 5.5 km NGP — 6.1 km N 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 (Mattaincourt): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mirecourt): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Mirecourt): 6.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Mattaincourt): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Hymont): 2.1 km to the north (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 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the MIRECOURT-INRAE weather station, 6.3 km away at 289 m; the village itself is at 281 m. [11]

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

Humidity measured at MIRECOURT-INRAE, 6.3 km away at 289 m, over 21 summers. [11]

An average of 841 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MIRECOURT-INRAE, 6.3 km away at 289 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 — 88489/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88489/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88489/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88489/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88292
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88304
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88246
  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
Labatmale64745 km SW25714.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
Brugnens32644 km SW25412.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 34 % · humidity 43 %
Sainte-Livrade31642 km SW25513.1No daily shopsno figures
Pillon55132 km N25114.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Leval9085 km SE25014.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Faymont7079 km SE25312No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Faymont7079 km SE25312No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Leval9085 km SE25014.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Pillon55132 km N25114.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Livrade31642 km SW25513.1No daily shopsno figures
Brugnens32644 km SW25412.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 34 % · humidity 43 %
Labatmale64745 km SW25714.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Valleroy-aux-Saules'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
Pillon55132 km N25114.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Leval9085 km SE25014.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Faymont7079 km SE25312No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Gildwiller6896 km SE26110.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Buissoncourt5450 km N26215No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Hannonville-Suzémont5497 km N26213.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %