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Geney

Doubs · CC des Deux Vallées Vertes · INSEE 25266

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 24 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Geney (INSEE 25266) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Deux Vallées Vertes. Population 125 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/25266-geney

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 24 % of the 12,568 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.42104.19
Housing mix0.9454.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 153 2023: 125 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 151 (2012) → 125 (2023): -17.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 136 (1990) → 125 (2023): -8.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 72, of which 2.8 % second homes and 18.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.9 km NW (Belles-Fontaines)Pharmacy — 4.1 km S (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs)Food shop — 4.3 km S (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs)GP — 4.4 km S (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs)Primary school — 4.5 km SE (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs)
Bakery — 3.9 km NWPharmacy — 4.1 km SFood shop — 4.3 km SGP — 4.4 km SPrimary school — 4.5 km SE 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 (Belles-Fontaines): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the L'ISLE-ECOLE weather station, 4 km away at 292 m; the village itself is at 374 m. [10]

The village sits 82 m above 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 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 18.8 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. [10]

That station sits 56 m below 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 1,192 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at L'ISLE-ECOLE, 4 km away at 292 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 — 25266/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25266/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25266/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25266/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70180
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25315
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Guébling57154 km N1259.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Rotin2195 km W12410.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 66 %
Braux-le-Châtel52139 km NW12311.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Arraincourt57165 km N12612.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Lamancine52135 km NW12411.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-sur-Saulnot709.5 km NE12412.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Villers-sur-Saulnot709.5 km NE12412.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-Rotin2195 km W12410.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 66 %
Lamancine52135 km NW12411.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Braux-le-Châtel52139 km NW12311.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Guébling57154 km N1259.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Arraincourt57165 km N12612.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · 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 Geney'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lamancine52135 km NW12411.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villers-sur-Saulnot709.5 km NE12412.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-Armont259.7 km S12215.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gillancourt52139 km NW13012.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Linexert7029 km N1159.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Crosey-le-Petit2516 km S11912.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %