Franois

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25258

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

Partly served 44.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Franois (INSEE 25258) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 2,257 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/25258-franois

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 8,819 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.95	10	9.49
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.9

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (JUDECHAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (T.J.L.P). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BAR TABAC DE LA MAIRIE · CHEZ GIANNI). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE AU CLOUSEY). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AU CLOUSEY). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE TOITOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MEDI-POLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

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

4 × Hairdresser (L'EPICENTRE COIFFURE · COTE SALON). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	JUDECHAN	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	1	T.J.L.P	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	BAR TABAC DE LA MAIRIE · CHEZ GIANNI	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE AU CLOUSEY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE AU CLOUSEY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PHILIPPE TOITOT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU MEDI-POLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	L'EPICENTRE COIFFURE · COTE SALON	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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: 888 peak 2017: 2,340 2023: 2,257 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,031 (2012) → 2,257 (2023): 11.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,558 (1990) → 2,257 (2023): 44.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,042, of which 1 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.8 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 (Franois): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Franois): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Franois): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Franois): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Franois): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 56.5

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BESANCON weather station, 5.2 km away at 306 m; the village itself is at 302 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 5.2 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 1,166 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BESANCON, 5.2 km away at 306 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25258/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25258/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25258/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25258/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25258
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
Sainte-Marguerite	88	139 km NE	2,234	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Fitz-James	60	352 km NW	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Zillisheim	68	115 km NE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Larçay	37	388 km W	2,657	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Valmont	57	214 km N	3,041	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bachant	59	364 km NW	2,230	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Zillisheim	68	115 km NE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Marguerite	88	139 km NE	2,234	58.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Valmont	57	214 km N	3,041	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fitz-James	60	352 km NW	2,514	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Bachant	59	364 km NW	2,230	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Larçay	37	388 km W	2,657	38.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 69 % · 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 Franois'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
Zillisheim	68	115 km NE	2,561	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Valmont	57	214 km N	3,041	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Buhl	68	122 km NE	3,100	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-sur-Sambre	59	365 km NW	2,371	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Novéant-sur-Moselle	57	199 km N	1,844	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pont-Saint-Vincent	54	153 km N	1,775	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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