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Saint-Germain-le-Châtelet

Territoire de Belfort · CC des Vosges du Sud · INSEE 90091

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

Few services 22.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Germain-le-Châtelet (INSEE 90091) is in Territoire de Belfort (90), part of CC des Vosges du Sud. Population 654 (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/90091-saint-germain-le-chatelet

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 16,723 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.79107.92
Housing mix0.9954.93

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 0 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 × Hairdresser (UNIK'S). [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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1UNIK'SINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 293 2023: 654 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 613 (2012) → 654 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 506 (1990) → 654 (2023): 29.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 288, of which 0.7 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.4 km S (Menoncourt)GP — 1.6 km S (Menoncourt)Food shop — 3.7 km NW (Étueffont)Pharmacy — 3.9 km N (Rougemont-le-Château)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km SGP — 1.6 km SFood shop — 3.7 km NWPharmacy — 3.9 km N 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 (Menoncourt): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Étueffont): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Menoncourt): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Rougemont-le-Château): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-le-Châtelet): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the FELON_SAPC weather station, 2.1 km away at 383 m; the village itself is at 400 m. [12]

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

Humidity measured at BELFORT, 9.9 km away at 422 m, over 16 summers. [12]

An average of 1,072 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at FELON_SAPC, 2.1 km away at 383 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 — 90091/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90091/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90091/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90091/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 90067
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 90041
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 90089
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 90091
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gauville-la-Campagne27459 km W65221.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Lessard-le-National71185 km SW66223.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Marchémoret77344 km NW65924.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Issus31637 km SW65524.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 34 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pardon-de-Conques33652 km SW66325Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %
Bois-l'Évêque76462 km NW64125Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lessard-le-National71185 km SW66223.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Marchémoret77344 km NW65924.9Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Gauville-la-Campagne27459 km W65221.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bois-l'Évêque76462 km NW64125Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Issus31637 km SW65524.9Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 34 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Pardon-de-Conques33652 km SW66325Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 51 % · humidity 43 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cocherel77321 km NW61823.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Silly-sur-Nied57164 km N71919.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Moivrons54136 km NW52823.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Charly-Oradour57172 km N81024.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Val-de-Guéblange57142 km N78917.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bazoncourt57157 km N52621.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %