Viménil

Identity

Viménil (INSEE 88512) is in Vosges (88), part of CC Bruyères-Vallons des Vosges. Population 233 (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/88512-vimenil

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 16,841 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIERSON KATHLEEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 228 (2012) → 233 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 166 (1990) → 233 (2023): 40.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 113, of which 7.1 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Fontenay): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bruyères): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lépanges-sur-Vologne): 6.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bruyères): 6.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Viménil): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE ROULIER_SAPC weather station, 6.5 km away at 449 m; the village itself is at 378 m. ^[12]

The village sits 71 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at EPINAL, 13.5 km away at 317 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 61 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,044 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE ROULIER_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 449 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88512/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88512/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88512/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88512/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88175
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88078
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88266
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88512
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024