Les Hôpitaux-Vieux

Identity

Les Hôpitaux-Vieux (INSEE 25308) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Lacs et Montagnes du Haut-Doubs. Population 462 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/25308-les-hopitaux-vieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 17,955 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'HEURE DES TARTINES). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 392 (2012) → 462 (2023): 17.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 245 (1990) → 462 (2023): 88.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 247, of which 16.6 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Hôpitaux-Vieux): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Hôpitaux-Neufs): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Hôpitaux-Neufs): 1.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Hôpitaux-Neufs): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Les Hôpitaux-Neufs): 1.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOROND weather station, 4.4 km away at 1,423 m; the village itself is at 1,038 m. ^[10]

The village sits 385 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MOROND, 4.4 km away at 1,423 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 385 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 1,593 mm of rain a year, spread over 158 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at JOUGNE, 3.6 km away at 988 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 458,250 € — 3,526 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

13 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 186,224 € — 3,795 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Doubs is 1,815 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25308/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25308/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25308/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25308/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25308
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25307
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025