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Exincourt

Doubs · CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération · INSEE 25230

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

Partly served 41.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Exincourt (INSEE 25230) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 3,277 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/25230-exincourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 25 % of the 6,603 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 food0.38259.52
Social0.45208.95
Education0.22102.21
Health0.37103.74
Public & culture0.2251.11
Population trend0.45104.51
Housing mix0.9854.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE EXINCOURT · LE CHANTELOT). [3,4]

3 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BAUER · BOUCHERIE BRETEY · BOUCHERIE BLEDI). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (EXINCODIS). [3,4]

9 × Restaurant (SNACK BURGER · ALAOUI ADIL · LA BOUCHERIE · EXINREST). [3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE VOIVRE GROUPE V HUGO). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VOIVRE V. HUGO). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CATHERINE GEHIN, MÉDECIN · ERIC PLUMEY, MÉDECIN · BEATRICE ROLLAND-BROZZETTI, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE D'EXINCOURT). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (EXINCOURT AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (CARACT'HAIR · SAINT-ALGUE). [3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Café / bar. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2BOULANGERIE EXINCOURT · LE CHANTELOTINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)3BOUCHERIE BAUER · BOUCHERIE BRETEY · BOUCHERIE BLEDIINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket1EXINCODISINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant9SNACK BURGER · ALAOUI ADIL · LA BOUCHERIE · EXINRESTINSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE VOIVRE GROUPE V HUGOINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE VOIVRE V. HUGOINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3CATHERINE GEHIN, MÉDECIN · ERIC PLUMEY, MÉDECIN · BEATRICE ROLLAND-BROZZETTI, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE D'EXINCOURTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1EXINCOURT APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3CARACT'HAIR · SAINT-ALGUEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 4,317 2023: 3,277 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,172 (2012) → 3,277 (2023): 3.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 3,445 (1990) → 3,277 (2023): -4.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,597, of which 0.8 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 0.5 km NW (Exincourt)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km NW 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 (Exincourt): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Exincourt): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Exincourt): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Exincourt): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Exincourt): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MONTBELIARD weather station, 1.6 km away at 318 m; the village itself is at 326 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 1.6 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. [9]

An average of 1,072 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MONTBELIARD, 1.6 km away at 318 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25230/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25230/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25230/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25230/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25230
  9. 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
Semoy45369 km W3,26930.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Croissy-Beaubourg77343 km NW2,01852.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Mareil-Marly78385 km NW4,14142Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Essert9015 km N3,41736.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Catherine62431 km NW3,47144.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Angres62440 km NW4,64145.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Essert9015 km N3,41736.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Croissy-Beaubourg77343 km NW2,01852.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 76 % · humidity 93 %
Semoy45369 km W3,26930.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Mareil-Marly78385 km NW4,14142Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Catherine62431 km NW3,47144.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Angres62440 km NW4,64145.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Exincourt'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
Essert9015 km N3,41736.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sochaux251.7 km N3,72157.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bethoncourt254.8 km NW5,30850.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Valdoie9019 km N5,17549.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Grand-Charmont253.4 km N5,87341.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Malzéville54143 km N7,82052.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %