École-Valentin

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25212

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

Served 65.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

École-Valentin (INSEE 25212) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 2,579 (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/25212-ecole-valentin

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 8,053 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	0.55	25	13.76
Social	0.82	20	16.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.89	10	8.87
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.84

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (DE NEUVILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GRAND FRAIS). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (WELL BE AND FLOWER · TANG MARCHE · LA CASA DE MINUIT). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE · GUEBECO · CARREOUR · ACTION). ^[3,4]

16 × Restaurant (CUBY SUZANNE · LA BOITE A GAUFRES · SARL VALENTIN DRIVE · LA VIENNOISIERE · JULES & JOHN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE R DELAVAUX). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROBERT DELAVAUX). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SANDRINE BORLOT, MÉDECIN · MANUEL BOURGEOIS, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA BEY-CAMELOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHEVAL). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Cinema (MEGARAMA). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (MAXIMILIEN COIFFURE · COIFFURE VALENTIN · LE CONCEPT DE CORALINE · RECTO VERSO). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Hotel (HOTEL CAMPANILE BESANCON NORD · PREMIERE CLASSE BESANCON ECOLE VALENTIN · HOTEL MARMOTTE · DOUBS HOTEL BESANCON ECOLE VALENTIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DE NEUVILLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	GRAND FRAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	WELL BE AND FLOWER · TANG MARCHE · LA CASA DE MINUIT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	ALDI MARCHE · GUEBECO · CARREOUR · ACTION	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	16	CUBY SUZANNE · LA BOITE A GAUFRES · SARL VALENTIN DRIVE · LA VIENNOISIERE · JULES & JOHN	INSEE BPE 16 / INSEE SIRENE 19 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE R DELAVAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE ROBERT DELAVAUX	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	SANDRINE BORLOT, MÉDECIN · MANUEL BOURGEOIS, MÉDECIN · ALEXANDRA BEY-CAMELOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CHEVAL	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 MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	1	MEGARAMA	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	5	MAXIMILIEN COIFFURE · COIFFURE VALENTIN · LE CONCEPT DE CORALINE · RECTO VERSO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel	4	HOTEL CAMPANILE BESANCON NORD · PREMIERE CLASSE BESANCON ECOLE VALENTIN · HOTEL MARMOTTE · DOUBS HOTEL BESANCON ECOLE VALENTIN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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: 629 peak 2017: 2,609 2023: 2,579 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,334 (2012) → 2,579 (2023): 10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,860 (1990) → 2,579 (2023): 38.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,217, of which 1.6 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.1 km NEFood shop — 1.1 km EGP — 1.3 km NEPharmacy — 1.3 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 (École-Valentin): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (École-Valentin): 1.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (École-Valentin): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (École-Valentin): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (École-Valentin): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 56.5

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BESANCON weather station, 2.6 km away at 306 m; the village itself is at 313 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 2.6 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,166 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BESANCON, 2.6 km away at 306 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25212/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25212/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25212/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25212/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25212
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
Chadrac	43	293 km SW	2,542	63.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Tourville-la-Rivière	76	427 km NW	2,596	65.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Nivolas-Vermelle	38	198 km S	2,706	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Chocques	62	441 km NW	2,785	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Clément	89	227 km NW	2,849	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Thiant	59	385 km NW	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nivolas-Vermelle	38	198 km S	2,706	62.8	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Clément	89	227 km NW	2,849	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chadrac	43	293 km SW	2,542	63.6	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Thiant	59	385 km NW	2,914	57.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Tourville-la-Rivière	76	427 km NW	2,596	65.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Chocques	62	441 km NW	2,785	53.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

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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 École-Valentin'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
Saint-Clément	89	227 km NW	2,849	64.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Morsbach	57	221 km N	2,635	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté-Alais	91	303 km NW	3,731	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Veyre-Monton	63	280 km SW	3,721	43.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mézières-sur-Seine	78	363 km NW	3,923	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bouafle	78	357 km NW	2,234	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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