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Gondenans-Montby

Doubs · CC des Deux Vallées Vertes · INSEE 25276

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

No daily shops 16.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Gondenans-Montby (INSEE 25276) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Deux Vallées Vertes. Population 161 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/25276-gondenans-montby

Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 14,590 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 food0.21255.27
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.33103.26
Housing mix0.8354.15

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 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”.

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (GONDENANS MONTBY RP). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 postale1GONDENANS MONTBY RPINSEE BPE 1 [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: 177 peak 1982: 198 2023: 161 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 172 (2012) → 161 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 195 (1990) → 161 (2023): -17.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 94, of which 8.5 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 4.9 km SE (Pays-de-Clerval)Primary school — 5.1 km SE (Pays-de-Clerval)Bakery — 5.7 km SE (Pays-de-Clerval)Pharmacy — 5.8 km SE (Pays-de-Clerval)
In the commune Food shop GP — 4.9 km SEPrimary school — 5.1 km SEBakery — 5.7 km SEPharmacy — 5.8 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 (Pays-de-Clerval): 5.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Gondenans-Montby): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Pays-de-Clerval): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pays-de-Clerval): 5.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Pays-de-Clerval): 5.1 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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BRANNE_SAPC weather station, 6.4 km away at 287 m; the village itself is at 395 m. [10]

The village sits 108 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 SANCEY-LE-GRAND, 17.8 km away at 490 m, over 20 summers. [10]

That station sits 95 m above 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 1,127 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at BRANNE_SAPC, 6.4 km away at 287 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 — 25276/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25276/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25276/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25276/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25156
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25276
  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
Vaux-Saules21124 km W17022.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Rosiers-de-Juillac19461 km SW17711.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Provenchère2522 km SE14218.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Sadournin65658 km SW19018.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Cazalis40697 km SW13613No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Vaast-sur-Seulles14557 km NW16115.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Provenchère2522 km SE14218.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Vaux-Saules21124 km W17022.8Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Rosiers-de-Juillac19461 km SW17711.4No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Vaast-sur-Seulles14557 km NW16115.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 %
Sadournin65658 km SW19018.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 64 %
Cazalis40697 km SW13613No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 49 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Gondenans-Montby'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
Saint-Julien-de-l'Herms38245 km SW16516.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-en-Woëvre55191 km N17916.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Belval-sous-Châtillon51269 km NW17412.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Bucey-lès-Traves7041 km NW14415.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Bruyère7042 km N1637.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Languimberg57149 km N15517.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %