Le Valtin

Vosges · CC Gérardmer Hautes Vosges · INSEE 88492

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 20.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Valtin (INSEE 88492) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Gérardmer Hautes Vosges. Population 74 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 7,836 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	0.5	20	9.93
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.23	10	2.33
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 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 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON GOLLETTE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LE TETRAS 1139 BISTRO · AUBERGE LORRAINE · BRASSERIE DE LA SCHLUCHT · CHAUME GAZON DU FAING). ^[3,4]

2 × Hotel (AUBERGE LORRAINE · HOTEL LE VETINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON GOLLETTE	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	5	LE TETRAS 1139 BISTRO · AUBERGE LORRAINE · BRASSERIE DE LA SCHLUCHT · CHAUME GAZON DU FAING	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	2	AUBERGE LORRAINE · HOTEL LE VETINE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 115 2023: 74 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 90 (2012) → 74 (2023): -17.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 101 (1990) → 74 (2023): -26.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 123, of which 60.2 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 6.9 km NFood shop — 7.1 km SEPharmacy — 7.2 km WGP — 8.3 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 (Le Valtin): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Soultzeren): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Stosswihr): 8.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Xonrupt-Longemer): 7.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Plainfaing): 6.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.4

Days at or below 0 °C 109.2▸

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 109 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the GERARDMER weather station, 14.1 km away at 669 m; the village itself is at 781 m. ^[13]

The village sits 112 m above 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. ^[13]

An average of 1,905 mm of rain a year, spread over 169 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LONGEMER, 6.2 km away at 745 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88492/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88492/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88492/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88492/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88492
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68317
INSEE BPE 2025 — 68329
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88531
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88349
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
Novella	2B	634 km S	80	18.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 0 %
Ménessaire	21	241 km SW	75	9.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 55 %
Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans	38	342 km S	73	11.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges	48	466 km SW	62	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Viam	19	479 km SW	85	9.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Savoillan	84	454 km S	81	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Ménessaire	21	241 km SW	75	9.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 55 %
Clavans-en-Haut-Oisans	38	342 km S	73	11.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 99 %
Savoillan	84	454 km S	81	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 46 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges	48	466 km SW	62	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 89 %
Viam	19	479 km SW	85	9.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Novella	2B	634 km S	80	18.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 0 %

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