Fesches-le-Châtel

Doubs · CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération · INSEE 25237

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

Few services 39.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fesches-le-Châtel (INSEE 25237) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 2,129 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/25237-fesches-le-chatel

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 35 % of the 9,182 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.51	10	5.05
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PRETOT JEAN-PIERRE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BOOMERANG · CHEZ MELUSYNE - LA FEERIE DES PRIX). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LE RONDELOT). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU RONDELOT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (THIBAUT ROSSELOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FESCHES LE CHATEL AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (ZONE SPORTIVE DU STADE G ANDRE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (EURL TETE ART COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PRETOT JEAN-PIERRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	LE BOOMERANG · CHEZ MELUSYNE - LA FEERIE DES PRIX	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LE RONDELOT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DU RONDELOT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	THIBAUT ROSSELOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BRISCHOUX GOUGLER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	FESCHES LE CHATEL AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ZONE SPORTIVE DU STADE G ANDRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1	EURL TETE ART COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 2,346 2023: 2,129 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,261 (2012) → 2,129 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,118 (1990) → 2,129 (2023): 0.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,139, of which 0.8 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Fesches-le-Châtel): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dampierre-les-Bois): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fesches-le-Châtel): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Fesches-le-Châtel): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Fesches-le-Châtel): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.8

Days at or below 0 °C 71.8

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTBELIARD weather station, 7.7 km away at 318 m; the village itself is at 335 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 7.7 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,072 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MONTBELIARD, 7.7 km away at 318 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25237/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25237/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25237/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25237/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25237
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25190
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
Boulange	57	219 km N	2,427	45.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Conflans-en-Jarnisy	54	199 km NW	2,389	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas	30	420 km SW	2,014	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Montardon	64	730 km SW	2,419	48	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Bazancourt	51	288 km NW	2,495	55.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Le Gua	38	295 km S	1,928	47.3	Partly served	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Conflans-en-Jarnisy	54	199 km NW	2,389	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Boulange	57	219 km N	2,427	45.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 76 %
Bazancourt	51	288 km NW	2,495	55.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Le Gua	38	295 km S	1,928	47.3	Partly served	no figures
Saint-Geniès-de-Comolas	30	420 km SW	2,014	38.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Montardon	64	730 km SW	2,419	48	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Fesches-le-Châtel'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
Conflans-en-Jarnisy	54	199 km NW	2,389	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Marcilly-sur-Tille	21	134 km W	1,744	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Auboué	54	200 km N	2,650	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Blainville-sur-l'Eau	54	121 km N	3,893	44.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Montferrand-le-Château	25	85 km SW	2,180	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Damelevières	54	122 km N	3,080	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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