La Chenalotte

Doubs · CC du Plateau de Russey · INSEE 25148

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chenalotte (INSEE 25148) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Plateau de Russey. Population 549 (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/25148-la-chenalotte

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 17,510 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIES-FINES). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PATISSERIES-FINES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 95 2023: 549 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 456 (2012) → 549 (2023): 20.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 198 (1990) → 549 (2023): 177.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 2.2 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.7 km SWGP — 5.7 km S 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 (La Chenalotte): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Fins): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villers-le-Lac): 5.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Les Fins): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chenalotte): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.4

Days at or below 0 °C 131.2▸

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 131 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE RUSSEY weather station, 7.2 km away at 891 m; the village itself is at 935 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MAICHE, 17 km away at 825 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 110 m below 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 1,670 mm of rain a year, spread over 163 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE RUSSEY, 7.2 km away at 891 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25240
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25321
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
Saint-Jammes	64	684 km SW	642	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu	69	195 km SW	603	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Meyssiez	38	221 km SW	671	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Autechaux	25	38 km NW	449	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Avit	40	657 km SW	684	54.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Dions	30	399 km SW	527	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Autechaux	25	38 km NW	449	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Didier-sur-Beaujeu	69	195 km SW	603	46.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Meyssiez	38	221 km SW	671	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Dions	30	399 km SW	527	40.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Avit	40	657 km SW	684	54.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Jammes	64	684 km SW	642	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 %

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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 La Chenalotte'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
Nantes-en-Ratier	38	251 km S	476	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Théoffrey	38	245 km S	612	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Les Combes	25	12 km SW	777	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Engins	38	230 km S	422	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-en-Montagne	39	67 km SW	390	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Apremont	01	127 km SW	415	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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