Fourg

Doubs · CC Loue-Lison · INSEE 25253

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

Few services 24.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fourg (INSEE 25253) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Loue-Lison. Population 370 (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 24.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 18,089 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	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

1968: 195 peak 2017: 380 2023: 370 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 318 (2012) → 370 (2023): 16.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 234 (1990) → 370 (2023): 58.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 161, of which 4.3 % second homes and 4.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km SGP — 4.1 km NEBakery — 5.5 km EPharmacy — 7.3 km S 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 (Quingey): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Liesle): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Byans-sur-Doubs): 4.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Arc-et-Senans): 7.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Fourg): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 32.6

Days at or below 0 °C 77.4

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ARC-ET-SENANS weather station, 7.7 km away at 235 m; the village itself is at 270 m. ^[13]

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

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

That station sits 198 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,205 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at ARC-ET-SENANS, 7.7 km away at 235 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25253/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25253/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25253/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25253/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25475
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25336
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25105
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25253
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
Gatey	39	33 km SW	373	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Monthelon	71	121 km W	367	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Esnon	89	194 km NW	375	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Monnerville	91	314 km NW	376	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Neufmoulin	80	442 km NW	368	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 41 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvray	89	184 km NW	368	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gatey	39	33 km SW	373	24	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Monthelon	71	121 km W	367	23.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Rouvray	89	184 km NW	368	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Esnon	89	194 km NW	375	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Monnerville	91	314 km NW	376	18.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 77 %
Neufmoulin	80	442 km NW	368	18.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 41 % · 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 Fourg'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
Biarne	39	27 km W	433	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-sur-Usson	63	259 km SW	317	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Amange	39	20 km W	428	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Vasselin	38	165 km S	458	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Beaulieu	63	267 km SW	473	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villard-Léger	73	179 km S	433	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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