Gennes

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25267

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

Few services 32.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gennes (INSEE 25267) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 669 (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/25267-gennes

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 16,620 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.84	10	8.35
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.97

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (TERRASNACK). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (SALLE DES CAVES - ECOLE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	TERRASNACK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	SALLE DES CAVES - ECOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 174 peak 2017: 681 2023: 669 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 612 (2012) → 669 (2023): 9.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 501 (1990) → 669 (2023): 33.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 309, of which 0.3 % second homes and 4.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.9 km SGP — 2.1 km SBakery — 2.2 km SPharmacy — 2.3 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 (Saône): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saône): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saône): 2.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saône): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Gennes): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 96.5▸

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 97 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAONE weather station, 5.2 km away at 397 m; the village itself is at 406 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 10.1 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 100 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 1,305 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAONE, 5.2 km away at 397 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25267/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25267/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25267/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25267/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25532
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25267
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
Limersheim	67	176 km NE	681	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Thérouldeville	76	498 km NW	664	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %
Sars-et-Rosières	59	410 km NW	620	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Lougres	25	50 km NE	742	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Boullay-les-Troux	91	343 km NW	624	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Rombies-et-Marchipont	59	392 km NW	741	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lougres	25	50 km NE	742	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Limersheim	67	176 km NE	681	33.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Boullay-les-Troux	91	343 km NW	624	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 30 % · humidity 100 %
Rombies-et-Marchipont	59	392 km NW	741	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 %
Sars-et-Rosières	59	410 km NW	620	34.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 %
Thérouldeville	76	498 km NW	664	34	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 56 % · winter 0 %

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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 Gennes'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
Villargondran	73	222 km S	790	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Villy-le-Pelloux	74	138 km S	1,062	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Faverois	90	75 km NE	593	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Pougny	01	124 km S	871	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Montagny-les-Lanches	74	154 km S	830	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chainaz-les-Frasses	74	164 km S	681	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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