Les Fourgs

Identity

Les Fourgs (INSEE 25254) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Lacs et Montagnes du Haut-Doubs. Population 1,443 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

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/25254-les-fourgs

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 11,928 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MICHE DU FRAMBOURG). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FRUITIERE LE TOIT DU DOUBS · AU COEUR DU VILLAGE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LE SNABEUDZI · SAS A2M · HERMITAGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES FOURGS AP). ^[3]

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

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

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 3 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,267 (2012) → 1,443 (2023): 13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 941 (1990) → 1,443 (2023): 53.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 909, of which 21.2 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Fourgs): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Fourgs): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Cluse-et-Mijoux): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Cluse-et-Mijoux): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Fourgs): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 105 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOROND weather station, 9.9 km away at 1,423 m; the village itself is at 1,083 m. ^[10]

The village sits 340 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MOROND, 9.9 km away at 1,423 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 340 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,586 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LES FOURGS, 2.7 km away at 1,140 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25254/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25254/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25254/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25254/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25254
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25157
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024