La Voivre

Identity

La Voivre (INSEE 88519) is in Vosges (88), part of CA de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. Population 648 (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/88519-la-voivre

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 16,747 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LA NOUVELLE SALAISON DES HAUTES VOSGES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE RAVINOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (SERVICESEXPRESS). ^[4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Primary school (élémentaire).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 714 (2012) → 648 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 662 (1990) → 648 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 319, of which 1.6 % second homes and 4.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Nompatelize): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Voivre): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe): 1.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Étival-Clairefontaine): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Michel-sur-Meurthe): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BAN-DE-SAPT weather station, 6.9 km away at 590 m; the village itself is at 335 m. ^[12]

The village sits 255 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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 6.9 km away at 590 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 255 m above 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 1,025 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BAN-DE-SAPT, 6.9 km away at 590 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 — 88519/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88519/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88519/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 88519/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88328
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88519
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88428
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88165
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024