Colombier-Fontaine

Doubs · CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération · INSEE 25159

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

Partly served 45.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Colombier-Fontaine (INSEE 25159) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 1,232 (2023). ^[1]

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

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

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Vitality score

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

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 71 % of the 13,059 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.31	10	3.09
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'AMI D'PAIN · SAS BN · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DAMIEN VAUTHIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DESCHAMPS FABRICIA). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA'CROS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA COLOMBE). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANTOINE TRIBOULT, MÉDECIN · JULIEN MINIGGIO, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (UN INSTANT POUR SOI · O2 CISEAUX). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	L'AMI D'PAIN · SAS BN · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE DAMIEN VAUTHIER	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	DESCHAMPS FABRICIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	PIZZA'CROS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA COLOMBE	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)	2	ANTOINE TRIBOULT, MÉDECIN · JULIEN MINIGGIO, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	UN INSTANT POUR SOI · O2 CISEAUX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 1,236 peak 1990: 1,523 2023: 1,232 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,365 (2012) → 1,232 (2023): -9.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,523 (1990) → 1,232 (2023): -19.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 698, of which 1 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 4.2 km NE 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 (Colombier-Fontaine): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Colombier-Fontaine): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Colombier-Fontaine): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bavans): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Colombier-Fontaine): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31

Days at or below 0 °C 75.1

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 75 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MEDIERE weather station, 6.6 km away at 302 m; the village itself is at 303 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 10.8 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,114 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEDIERE, 6.6 km away at 302 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25159/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25159/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25159/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25159/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25159
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25048
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
Coudes	63	336 km SW	1,225	54.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Beaurevoir	02	376 km NW	1,281	43.9	Partly served	no figures
Nomeny	54	163 km N	1,142	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Martinvast	50	659 km NW	1,348	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Andance	07	286 km SW	1,192	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 38 % · humidity 71 %
Folembray	02	341 km NW	1,355	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nomeny	54	163 km N	1,142	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Andance	07	286 km SW	1,192	54.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 38 % · humidity 71 %
Coudes	63	336 km SW	1,225	54.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Folembray	02	341 km NW	1,355	43.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Beaurevoir	02	376 km NW	1,281	43.9	Partly served	no figures
Martinvast	50	659 km NW	1,348	48.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Colombier-Fontaine'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
Mont-sous-Vaudrey	39	98 km SW	1,309	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Chambre	73	235 km S	1,221	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Champvans	39	102 km W	1,460	50.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Trept	38	223 km SW	2,095	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montenois	25	4.8 km N	1,362	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Tenay	01	193 km SW	1,030	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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