Boussières

Identity

Boussières (INSEE 25084) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 1,208 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/25084-boussieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 13,154 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TRADITION DU LOUP). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE P'TIT TONNEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ISABELLE LEGRAND, MÉDECIN · PATRICK COUILLARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOUSSIERES AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (IDEAL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,086 (2012) → 1,208 (2023): 11.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 837 (1990) → 1,208 (2023): 44.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 556, of which 3.6 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Boussières): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montferrand-le-Château): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Boussières): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montferrand-le-Château): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Boussières): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the DANNEMARIE-SUR- weather station, 5.3 km away at 267 m; the village itself is at 281 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 12.1 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,057 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DANNEMARIE-SUR-, 5.3 km away at 267 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

42 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 231,075 € — 2,361 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

11 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 134,000 € — 2,021 € per m². ^[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 — 25084/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25084/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25084/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25084/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25084
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25397
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025