Écot

Doubs · CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération · INSEE 25214

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

Few services 33/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Écot (INSEE 25214) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 510 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 33/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,754 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.9	10	8.97
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LEO RESTO - ORIGIN'R). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	LEO RESTO - ORIGIN'R	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 226 2023: 510 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 502 (2012) → 510 (2023): 1.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 365 (1990) → 510 (2023): 39.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 239, of which 1.3 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 3.9 km EBakery — 4.0 km EGP — 4.0 km NEFood shop — 4.3 km E 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 (Mathay): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mathay): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mathay): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mathay): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Écot): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.4

Days at or below 0 °C 93.5

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 94 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MEDIERE weather station, 10.3 km away at 302 m; the village itself is at 529 m. ^[10]

The village sits 227 m above 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 10.6 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 211 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,333 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at DAMBELIN, 7.3 km away at 420 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25214/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25214/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25214/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25214/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25370
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25214
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
La Romaine	70	62 km W	520	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Frocourt	60	406 km NW	528	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Plainoiseau	39	118 km SW	502	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Loupiac-de-la-Réole	33	613 km SW	527	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 32 % · humidity 50 %
Seuillet	03	283 km SW	479	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Belmont-Tramonet	73	223 km S	505	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Romaine	70	62 km W	520	33.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Plainoiseau	39	118 km SW	502	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Belmont-Tramonet	73	223 km S	505	37.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Seuillet	03	283 km SW	479	33.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Frocourt	60	406 km NW	528	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 %
Loupiac-de-la-Réole	33	613 km SW	527	34.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 32 % · 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 Écot'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
Solignat	63	346 km SW	510	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
La Vèze	25	55 km SW	493	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Juvigny	74	139 km S	639	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sylvestre	74	185 km S	595	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Florimont	90	27 km E	473	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bibost	69	246 km SW	538	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

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