Val-d'Usiers

Doubs · CC Altitude 800 · INSEE 25060

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

Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val-d'Usiers (INSEE 25060) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Altitude 800. Population 2,132 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2024-01-01 from 2 former communes: Goux-les-Usiers (25282), Sombacour (25549). ^[3]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/25060-val-d-usiers

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 9,177 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.51	5	2.56
Population trend	0.84	10	8.36
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (F.O. LAC). ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHOUETTE ETHIQUE). ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (PIZ'ALINE). ^[4,5]

2 × Café / bar (LE MONTE CRISTO III · DOLCE VITA). ^[5]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PAULINE AVENTINO, MÉDECIN · PAULINE MAGNENET, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT MERCIER, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU VAL D'USIERS). ^[4,5]

2 × Post office / agence postale (GOUX LES USIERS AP · SOMBACOUR AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU VAL D'USIERS). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (AURELIE · ACAJOU COIFFURE). ^[4,5]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire). ^[5,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	F.O. LAC	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CHOUETTE ETHIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	PIZ'ALINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Café / bar	2	LE MONTE CRISTO III · DOLCE VITA	INSEE SIRENE 2 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	PAULINE AVENTINO, MÉDECIN · PAULINE MAGNENET, MÉDECIN · CLEMENT MERCIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU VAL D'USIERS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	2	GOUX LES USIERS AP · SOMBACOUR AP	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU VAL D'USIERS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	3	AURELIE · ACAJOU COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,394 2023: 2,132 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,936 (2012) → 2,132 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,596 (1990) → 2,132 (2023): 33.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,004, of which 3.5 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 1.2 km NEGP — 1.3 km NEPrimary school — 4.2 km NPharmacy — 5.9 km SE 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 (Val-d'Usiers): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val-d'Usiers): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Val-d'Usiers): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Houtaud): 5.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ouhans): 4.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.8

Days at or below 0 °C 98.7▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 99 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PONTARLIER weather station, 5.4 km away at 808 m; the village itself is at 747 m. ^[12]

The village sits 61 m below 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 PONTARLIER, 5.4 km away at 808 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 61 m above 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 1,444 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PONTARLIER, 5.4 km away at 808 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25060/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25060/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25060/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25060/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25060
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25309
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25440
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
Mamirolle	25	28 km N	1,988	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Étival-Clairefontaine	88	162 km N	2,437	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Marquette-en-Ostrevant	59	431 km NW	1,943	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Trept	38	159 km SW	2,095	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Palais	64	700 km SW	2,204	73.6	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 5 % · humidity 0 %
Wisches	67	188 km NE	2,050	54	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mamirolle	25	28 km N	1,988	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Trept	38	159 km SW	2,095	53.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Étival-Clairefontaine	88	162 km N	2,437	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 19 % · humidity 86 %
Wisches	67	188 km NE	2,050	54	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 86 %
Marquette-en-Ostrevant	59	431 km NW	1,943	45.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Palais	64	700 km SW	2,204	73.6	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 5 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Val-d'Usiers'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
Mamirolle	25	28 km N	1,988	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paulien	43	278 km SW	2,439	61.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Moirans-en-Montagne	39	72 km SW	2,107	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Montrottier	69	190 km SW	1,400	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vercel-Villedieu-le-Camp	25	27 km N	1,762	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Solignac-sur-Loire	43	288 km SW	1,289	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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