Les Gras

Doubs · CC du Val de Morteau · INSEE 25296

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Gras (INSEE 25296) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Val de Morteau. Population 817 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 45.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 15,537 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.86	10	8.59
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA GRIGNETTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SASU L.BOX). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (FOOD TRUCK LE HAUT D'OURS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES GRAS SASU L BOX RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA GRIGNETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	SASU L.BOX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	FOOD TRUCK LE HAUT D'OURS	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	1	LES GRAS SASU L BOX RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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: 727 2023: 817 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 784 (2012) → 817 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 601 (1990) → 817 (2023): 35.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 441, of which 10.4 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 4.4 km NEGP — 7.4 km NW 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 (Les Gras): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Gras): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gilley): 7.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Grand'Combe-Châteleu): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Les Gras): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.7

Days at or below 0 °C 135▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 135 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MORTEAU SA weather station, 9.1 km away at 760 m; the village itself is at 856 m. ^[11]

The village sits 96 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PONTARLIER, 18.6 km away at 808 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,566 mm of rain a year, spread over 152 days — about 10.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MORTEAU SA, 9.1 km away at 760 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25296/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25296/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25296/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25296/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25296
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25271
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25285
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
Saint-Sornin	16	490 km W	844	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Brégnier-Cordon	01	166 km SW	804	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-le-Centenier	07	309 km SW	871	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Chalandray	86	499 km W	784	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Pontevès	83	385 km S	784	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois	37	446 km W	732	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Brégnier-Cordon	01	166 km SW	804	50.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Jean-le-Centenier	07	309 km SW	871	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Pontevès	83	385 km S	784	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois	37	446 km W	732	48.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sornin	16	490 km W	844	44.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Chalandray	86	499 km W	784	50.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Les Gras'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
Bonnétage	25	25 km NE	987	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bellecombe-en-Bauges	73	143 km S	793	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaux-du-Dombief	39	65 km SW	574	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Vaux-et-Chantegrue	25	30 km SW	689	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fournets-Luisans	25	13 km N	744	41.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Brénod	01	126 km SW	576	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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