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Goux-lès-Dambelin

Doubs · CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération · INSEE 25281

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

Few services 21.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Goux-lès-Dambelin (INSEE 25281) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 270 (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/25281-goux-les-dambelin

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,588 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.73107.27
Housing mix0.9454.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIREINSEE BPE 1 [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: 163 peak 2017: 285 2023: 270 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 269 (2012) → 270 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 220 (1990) → 270 (2023): 22.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 125, of which 3.2 % second homes and 4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 2.5 km S (Dambelin)Food shop — 6.5 km N (Colombier-Fontaine)GP — 6.5 km N (Colombier-Fontaine)Pharmacy — 7.8 km E (Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km SFood shop — 6.5 km NGP — 6.5 km NPharmacy — 7.8 km E 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 (Dambelin): 2.5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Colombier-Fontaine): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Colombier-Fontaine): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans): 7.8 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Goux-lès-Dambelin): 0 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the LOMONT weather station, 5.4 km away at 820 m; the village itself is at 543 m. [12]

The village sits 277 m below 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 SANCEY-LE-GRAND, 12.6 km away at 490 m, over 20 summers. [12]

That station sits 53 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 1,333 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at DAMBELIN, 2.9 km away at 420 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 — 25281/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25281/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25281/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25281/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25187
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25159
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25463
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25281
  12. 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
Aube57183 km N26822Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Varinfroy60328 km NW26520.4Few servicesno figures
Asswiller67170 km N26821.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Tocqueville-les-Murs76520 km NW27221.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 66 %
Errevet7033 km N27121.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Tilly-sur-Meuse55201 km NW27220.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Errevet7033 km N27121.1Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Asswiller67170 km N26821.7Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Aube57183 km N26822Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Tilly-sur-Meuse55201 km NW27220.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Varinfroy60328 km NW26520.4Few servicesno figures
Tocqueville-les-Murs76520 km NW27221.5Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 66 %

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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 Goux-lès-Dambelin'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
Le Mesnil-sur-Bulles60394 km NW26524.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pissy80432 km NW28418.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Dimont59365 km NW28916.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Sourdon80406 km NW28820.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Jandun08296 km NW29321.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Nourard-le-Franc60394 km NW30120.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %