Chaux-Neuve

Identity

Chaux-Neuve (INSEE 25142) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Lacs et Montagnes du Haut-Doubs. Population 338 (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/25142-chaux-neuve

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 18,030 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (HOTEL LES TREMPLINS - RESTAURANT LA TABLE DU CEBRIOT). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (POLE SCOLAIRE LOUISE ET RENE ROBBE). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HÔTEL LES TREMPLINS · AUBERGE DU GRAND GIT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 284 (2012) → 338 (2023): 19 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 191 (1990) → 338 (2023): 77 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 237, of which 30 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Foncine-le-Haut): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Foncine-le-Haut): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Foncine-le-Haut): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mouthe): 5.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chaux-Neuve): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 154 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MOUTHE weather station, 6.5 km away at 940 m; the village itself is at 994 m. ^[11]

The village sits 54 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LA BOISSAUDE ROCHEJEAN, 15.4 km away at 1,222 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 228 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,688 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MOUTHE, 6.5 km away at 940 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25142/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25142/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25142/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25142/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39228
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25413
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25142
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024