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Germondans

Doubs · CC du Doubs Baumois · INSEE 25269

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

No daily shops 16.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Germondans (INSEE 25269) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Doubs Baumois. Population 57 (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/25269-germondans

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 5,756 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.39103.91
Housing mix0.8154.06

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 55 peak 2007: 74 2023: 57 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 63 (2012) → 57 (2023): -9.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 64 (1990) → 57 (2023): -10.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 32, of which 9.4 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.4 km S (Rignosot)GP — 2.6 km SW (Rigney)Pharmacy — 2.6 km SW (Rigney)Bakery — 3.3 km SE (La Tour-de-Sçay)Primary school — 3.5 km SE (La Tour-de-Sçay)
Food shop — 2.4 km SGP — 2.6 km SWPharmacy — 2.6 km SWBakery — 3.3 km SEPrimary school — 3.5 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 (La Tour-de-Sçay): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Rignosot): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Rigney): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Rigney): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (La Tour-de-Sçay): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the POULIGNEY weather station, 8.4 km away at 286 m; the village itself is at 256 m. [11]

An average of 1,221 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at POULIGNEY, 8.4 km away at 286 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

No price figures: fewer than five comparable sales were registered here between 2021 and 2025. A median of two sales is not a median. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25269/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25269/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25269/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25269/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25566
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25491
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25490
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Le Crouzet2579 km S5123.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 8 %
Le Mesnil-Conteville60395 km NW6615.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 38 %
Soréac65655 km SW4920.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 1 %
Tailly80419 km NW5816.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 19 %
Augy02292 km NW7220Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 46 %
Castelmoron-d'Albret33567 km SW5017.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 22 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Crouzet2579 km S5123.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 38 % · winter 8 %
Augy02292 km NW7220Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 46 %
Le Mesnil-Conteville60395 km NW6615.5No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 38 %
Tailly80419 km NW5816.9No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 19 %
Castelmoron-d'Albret33567 km SW5017.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 22 %
Soréac65655 km SW4920.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 1 %

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