Vaxoncourt

Vosges · CA d'Epinal · INSEE 88497

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

Few services 23.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaxoncourt (INSEE 88497) is in Vosges (88), part of CA d'Epinal. Population 507 (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/88497-vaxoncourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 17,761 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.71	10	7.13
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VAXONCOURT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ANGE'L COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE VAXONCOURT	INSEE BPE 1 [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	ANGE'L COIFFURE	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: 392 peak 2012: 522 2023: 507 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 522 (2012) → 507 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 418 (1990) → 507 (2023): 21.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 213, of which 1.4 % second homes and 4.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 2.2 km NWBakery — 2.4 km NWGP — 2.7 km NWFood shop — 3.4 km S 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 (Nomexy): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thaon-les-Vosges): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châtel-sur-Moselle): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Nomexy): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vaxoncourt): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.1

Days at or below 0 °C 75.3

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the EPINAL weather station, 9.5 km away at 317 m; the village itself is at 304 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 9.5 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 988 mm of rain a year, spread over 140 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at NOMEXY, 3 km away at 290 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 — 88497/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88497/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88497/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88497/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88327
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88465
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88094
INSEE BPE 2025 — 88497
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
Boussy	74	273 km S	506	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bougnon	70	71 km S	495	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Auger-Saint-Vincent	60	283 km NW	515	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Franxault	21	162 km SW	504	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Auragne	31	664 km SW	480	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 %
Houssay	53	532 km W	493	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bougnon	70	71 km S	495	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Franxault	21	162 km SW	504	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Boussy	74	273 km S	506	26.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Auger-Saint-Vincent	60	283 km NW	515	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Houssay	53	532 km W	493	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Auragne	31	664 km SW	480	26.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 42 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Vaxoncourt'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
Bougnon	70	71 km S	495	24.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Hannogne-Saint-Martin	08	192 km NW	445	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Eusèbe	74	265 km S	633	26.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sanry-lès-Vigy	57	100 km N	507	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Hecken	68	85 km SE	527	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Moivrons	54	60 km N	528	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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