Viviers-le-Gras
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 17.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Viviers-le-Gras (INSEE 88517) is in Vosges (88), part of CC des Vosges côté Sud Ouest. Population 181 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 17.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 52 % of the 15,351 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.41 | 10 | 4.05 |
| Housing mix | 0.84 | 5 | 4.2 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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) | 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] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | 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
Population 181 (2012) → 181 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 200 (1990) → 181 (2023): -9.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 100, of which 8 % second homes and 10 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Frain): 6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Contrexéville): 7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Contrexéville): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Contrexéville): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Viviers-le-Gras): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LIGNEVILLE weather station, 4.3 km away at 433 m; the village itself is at 342 m. [11]
The village sits 91 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 LIGNEVILLE, 4.3 km away at 433 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 91 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 870 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LIGNEVILLE, 4.3 km away at 433 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 — 88517/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88517/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88517/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88517/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88180
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88114
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 88517
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vyt-lès-Belvoir | 25 | 100 km SE | 179 | 21.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bernac | 81 | 553 km SW | 186 | 22.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lachaussée-du-Bois-d'Écu | 60 | 318 km NW | 182 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bonvillers | 60 | 309 km NW | 189 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villars-le-Sec | 90 | 108 km SE | 176 | 24.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Monts | 60 | 313 km NW | 187 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vyt-lès-Belvoir | 25 | 100 km SE | 179 | 21.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villars-le-Sec | 90 | 108 km SE | 176 | 24.3 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bonvillers | 60 | 309 km NW | 189 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monts | 60 | 313 km NW | 187 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lachaussée-du-Bois-d'Écu | 60 | 318 km NW | 182 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bernac | 81 | 553 km SW | 186 | 22.6 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Viviers-le-Gras'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachaussée-du-Bois-d'Écu | 60 | 318 km NW | 182 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bonvillers | 60 | 309 km NW | 189 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monts | 60 | 313 km NW | 187 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mavilly-Mandelot | 21 | 150 km SW | 166 | 19.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verpillières | 80 | 285 km NW | 168 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Colombé-la-Fosse | 10 | 87 km W | 162 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
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