Bonnevaux

Identity

Bonnevaux (INSEE 25075) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Plateau de Frasne et du Val de Drugeon. Population 410 (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/25075-bonnevaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 18,015 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZ'POPOTTE · AUBERGE DE LA HAUTE JOUX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DU GAULOIS). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (E. COLORE & COIFFE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 351 (2012) → 410 (2023): 16.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 224 (1990) → 410 (2023): 83 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 9.5 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mignovillard): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mignovillard): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mignovillard): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Frasne): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mignovillard): 4.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 134 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LABERGEMENT weather station, 7.9 km away at 863 m; the village itself is at 849 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA BOISSAUDE ROCHEJEAN, 13.7 km away at 1,222 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 373 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,482 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LABERGEMENT, 7.9 km away at 863 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

18 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 277,500 € — 2,224 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Doubs is 1,815 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25075/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25075/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25075/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25075/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39331
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25259
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025