Les Fontenelles
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Les Fontenelles (INSEE 25248) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Plateau de Russey. Population 537 (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 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 27 % of the 17,590 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.79 | 10 | 7.88 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'AUTHENTIQUE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Collège.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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) | 1 | L'AUTHENTIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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
Population 555 (2012) → 537 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 417 (1990) → 537 (2023): 28.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 252, of which 2.4 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bonnétage): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Les Fontenelles): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Le Russey): 4.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Bonnétage): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Bonnétage): 2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 131 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LE RUSSEY weather station, 4 km away at 891 m; the village itself is at 909 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at MAICHE, 6.3 km away at 825 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 84 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,670 mm of rain a year, spread over 163 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at LE RUSSEY, 4 km away at 891 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25248/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25248/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25248/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25248/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 25074
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 25248
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 25512
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molay | 39 | 102 km W | 505 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cayrac | 82 | 533 km SW | 570 | 23.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saessolsheim | 67 | 177 km N | 604 | 23.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Wadelincourt | 08 | 307 km NW | 447 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Bû | 14 | 549 km W | 436 | 21.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arbigny | 01 | 157 km SW | 462 | 22.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 8 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molay | 39 | 102 km W | 505 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 % |
| Arbigny | 01 | 157 km SW | 462 | 22.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 36 % · winter 8 % |
| Saessolsheim | 67 | 177 km N | 604 | 23.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Wadelincourt | 08 | 307 km NW | 447 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cayrac | 82 | 533 km SW | 570 | 23.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Bû | 14 | 549 km W | 436 | 21.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · 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 Les Fontenelles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapois | 39 | 78 km SW | 408 | 15 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bouverans | 25 | 55 km SW | 461 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cernay-l'Église | 25 | 9.7 km NE | 319 | 15.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dompierre-les-Tilleuls | 25 | 56 km SW | 291 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Courvières | 25 | 60 km SW | 317 | 28.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Planée | 25 | 53 km SW | 332 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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