Le Bélieu

Identity

Le Bélieu (INSEE 25050) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Val de Morteau. Population 512 (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/25050-le-belieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 17,733 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 346 (2012) → 512 (2023): 48 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 249 (1990) → 512 (2023): 105.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 5.1 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Chenalotte): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Fins): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Morteau): 7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Les Fins): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Fuans): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 149 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MORTEAU SA weather station, 6.6 km away at 760 m; the village itself is at 989 m. ^[12]

The village sits 229 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °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 MAICHE, 18.1 km away at 825 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 164 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,566 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MORTEAU SA, 6.6 km away at 760 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 — 25050/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25050/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25050/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25050/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25148
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25240
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25411
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25262
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024