Devecey
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 41.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Devecey (INSEE 25200) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 1,296 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/25200-devecey
Vitality score
Vitality score 41.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 58 % of the 12,711 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.77 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.59 | 10 | 5.85 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.25 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU GRAIN DE BLE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'AUTHENTIQUE). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (FATTO BENE · OREOLE · LE BUREAU DES SAVEURS). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ARNAUD BAZIN, MÉDECIN · ANNE STOESSEL, MÉDECIN · GUEWEN-EDOUARD MATERNE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DEVECEY). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE GEORGE SAND). [3]
1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE VALENTIN · SYMPHONIE COIFFURE · OASIS VESOUL). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | AU GRAIN DE BLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | L'AUTHENTIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | SUPER U | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 3 | FATTO BENE · OREOLE · LE BUREAU DES SAVEURS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 3 | ARNAUD BAZIN, MÉDECIN · ANNE STOESSEL, MÉDECIN · GUEWEN-EDOUARD MATERNE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DEVECEY | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | MÉDIATHÈQUE GEORGE SAND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 1 | CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 3 | COIFFURE VALENTIN · SYMPHONIE COIFFURE · OASIS VESOUL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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
Population 1,348 (2012) → 1,296 (2023): -3.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,401 (1990) → 1,296 (2023): -7.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 647, of which 1.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Devecey): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Devecey): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Devecey): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Devecey): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Devecey): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CHATILLON-LE-DU weather station, 2.3 km away at 341 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [9]
The village sits 114 m below 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BESANCON, 8.7 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 79 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,128 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CHATILLON-LE-DU, 2.3 km away at 341 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25200/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25200/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25200/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25200/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 25200
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ergersheim | 67 | 179 km NE | 1,479 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cazilhac | 11 | 542 km SW | 1,664 | 46.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 % |
| Soyons | 07 | 285 km S | 2,341 | 49.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mareil-sur-Mauldre | 78 | 354 km NW | 1,776 | 43.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puymoyen | 16 | 486 km W | 2,403 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Tercis-les-Bains | 40 | 688 km SW | 1,359 | 40.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ergersheim | 67 | 179 km NE | 1,479 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Soyons | 07 | 285 km S | 2,341 | 49.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mareil-sur-Mauldre | 78 | 354 km NW | 1,776 | 43.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puymoyen | 16 | 486 km W | 2,403 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cazilhac | 11 | 542 km SW | 1,664 | 46.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 % |
| Tercis-les-Bains | 40 | 688 km SW | 1,359 | 40.9 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 0 % |
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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 Devecey'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ergersheim | 67 | 179 km NE | 1,479 | 41.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mareil-sur-Mauldre | 78 | 354 km NW | 1,776 | 43.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Puymoyen | 16 | 486 km W | 2,403 | 42.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Enval | 63 | 277 km SW | 1,596 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sancé | 71 | 142 km SW | 2,151 | 43.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pouilley-les-Vignes | 25 | 9.8 km SW | 2,195 | 50.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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