Glay

Identity

Glay (INSEE 25274) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 339 (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/25274-glay

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 18,048 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PAPETERIE). ^[3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 360 (2012) → 339 (2023): -5.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 307 (1990) → 339 (2023): 10.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 186, of which 2.2 % second homes and 11.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Abbévillers): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Abbévillers): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Blamont): 3.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Hérimoncourt): 4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Glay): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTBELIARD weather station, 12.4 km away at 318 m; the village itself is at 395 m. ^[12]

The village sits 77 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 12.4 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 77 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,072 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTBELIARD, 12.4 km away at 318 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25274/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25274/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25274/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25274/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25004
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25063
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25304
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25274
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024