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Durnes

Doubs · CC Loue-Lison · INSEE 25208

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 24.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Durnes (INSEE 25208) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Loue-Lison. Population 204 (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/25208-durnes

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 16,069 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.8454.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 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 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 98 2023: 204 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 155 (2012) → 204 (2023): 31.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 127 (1990) → 204 (2023): 60.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 98, of which 8.2 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 0.7 km N (Durnes)Bakery — 1.9 km NE (Guyans-Durnes)Food shop — 4.9 km S (Vuillafans)Pharmacy — 4.9 km S (Vuillafans)GP — 5.1 km S (Vuillafans)
Primary school — 0.7 km NBakery — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 4.9 km SPharmacy — 4.9 km SGP — 5.1 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 (Guyans-Durnes): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Vuillafans): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Vuillafans): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Vuillafans): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Durnes): 0.7 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 69 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the EPENOY weather station, 10.5 km away at 752 m; the village itself is at 595 m. [11]

The village sits 157 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. [11]

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

Humidity measured at EPENOY, 10.5 km away at 752 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 157 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 1,345 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at EPENOY, 10.5 km away at 752 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 — 25208/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25208/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25208/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25208/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25300
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25633
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25208
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bucilly02346 km NW20416.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Germigny-sous-Coulombs77315 km NW20122.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Croutoy60346 km NW20321.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Velorcey7075 km N20624.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-en-Argonne51233 km NW21316.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Regnauville62472 km NW21318.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Velorcey7075 km N20624.3Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-en-Argonne51233 km NW21316.7No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Germigny-sous-Coulombs77315 km NW20122.5Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Bucilly02346 km NW20416.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Croutoy60346 km NW20321.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Regnauville62472 km NW21318.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 78 %

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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 Durnes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bucilly02346 km NW20416.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maur3973 km SW21219No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Viefvillers60412 km NW21122.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Tourteron08295 km NW17717.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Rémérangles60391 km NW21018.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Landouzy-la-Cour02347 km NW16716.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %