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Éternoz-Vallée-du-Lison

Doubs · CC Loue-Lison · INSEE 25223

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Éternoz-Vallée-du-Lison (INSEE 25223) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Loue-Lison. Population 343 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 5 former communes: Alaise (25010), Coulans-sur-Lizon (25168), Doulaize (25205), Refranche (25484), Saraz (25533). [3]

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/25223-eternoz-vallee-du-lison

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 6 % of the 18,011 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
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.58105.79
Housing mix0.652.98

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [4,5]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 433 2023: 343 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 359 (2012) → 343 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 318 (1990) → 343 (2023): 7.9 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 257, of which 20.2 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.2 km E (Déservillers)Food shop — 4.4 km N (Malans)Primary school — 4.6 km NE (Amancey)GP — 4.7 km NE (Amancey)Pharmacy — 9.1 km SE (Levier)
Bakery — 3.2 km EFood shop — 4.4 km NPrimary school — 4.6 km NEGP — 4.7 km NEPharmacy — 9.1 km SE 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 (Déservillers): 3.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Malans): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

GP (Amancey): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

Pharmacy (Levier): 9.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [12]

Primary school (Amancey): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [11]

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [13]

Measured at the COULANS weather station, 1.9 km away at 468 m; the village itself is at 512 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at COULANS, 1.9 km away at 468 m, over 18 summers. [13]

An average of 1,269 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at COULANS, 1.9 km away at 468 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25223/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE COG 2026
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25223/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25223/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25223/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25199
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25359
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25015
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25334
  13. 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
Cholonge38224 km S33915.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Bérou-la-Mulotière28419 km NW34510.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mards-de-Fresne27473 km NW34710.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Guerstling57261 km N36011.6No daily shopsno figures
Fontaine-la-Louvet27479 km NW35113.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Mayac24436 km SW32513.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cholonge38224 km S33915.1No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %
Guerstling57261 km N36011.6No daily shopsno figures
Bérou-la-Mulotière28419 km NW34510.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Mayac24436 km SW32513.1No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Mards-de-Fresne27473 km NW34710.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-la-Louvet27479 km NW35113.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 51 % · 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 Éternoz-Vallée-du-Lison'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
Lect3974 km S31912.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Petitmont54186 km N3057No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Orges52145 km NW36110.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-Laval03194 km SW3738.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc23300 km W4107.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Cessey2514 km NW32615No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %