Houtaud

Doubs · CC du Grand Pontarlier · INSEE 25309

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

Partly served 49.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Houtaud (INSEE 25309) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Grand Pontarlier. Population 1,216 (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/25309-houtaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 13,110 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	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LES CO-PAINS · LA BOULANGERIE DU MARCHE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Supermarket (CENTRE DISTRIBUTEUR E. LECLERC · LIDL). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (BURGER KING · LA CABYANN A PIZZAS · ASA · CUISTOYASS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CHAMPS JOLIS). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (LA PHARMACIE DU DRUGEON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (HOUTAUD RP). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (CARRE SIMPLE · MOTS D'ELLE · HAIRSTYLE · BARBER STREET 30 · DIDIE COIFF'). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 2 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE LES CO-PAINS · LA BOULANGERIE DU MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MOLDA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	2	CENTRE DISTRIBUTEUR E. LECLERC · LIDL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	6	BURGER KING · LA CABYANN A PIZZAS · ASA · CUISTOYASS	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES CHAMPS JOLIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	LA PHARMACIE DU DRUGEON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	HOUTAUD RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	5	CARRE SIMPLE · MOTS D'ELLE · HAIRSTYLE · BARBER STREET 30 · DIDIE COIFF'	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 206 2023: 1,216 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,030 (2012) → 1,216 (2023): 18.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 603 (1990) → 1,216 (2023): 101.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 513, of which 1.4 % second homes and 3.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.5 km SEGP — 2.8 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 (Houtaud): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Houtaud): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Doubs): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Houtaud): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Houtaud): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.8

Days at or below 0 °C 106.2▸

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONTARLIER weather station, 1.4 km away at 808 m; the village itself is at 810 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PONTARLIER, 1.4 km away at 808 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,444 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONTARLIER, 1.4 km away at 808 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25309/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25309/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25309/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25309/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25309
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25204
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-Germain-Lespinasse	42	201 km SW	1,225	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Lacrouzette	81	476 km SW	1,540	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 28 % · humidity 79 %
Domblans	39	57 km W	1,186	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 %
Dampierre-sur-Salon	70	86 km NW	1,234	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Crézancy	02	316 km NW	1,166	38	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Durrenbach	67	246 km NE	1,101	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Domblans	39	57 km W	1,186	37.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 %
Dampierre-sur-Salon	70	86 km NW	1,234	42.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Germain-Lespinasse	42	201 km SW	1,225	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Durrenbach	67	246 km NE	1,101	36.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 43 % · humidity 86 %
Crézancy	02	316 km NW	1,166	38	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Lacrouzette	81	476 km SW	1,540	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 28 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Houtaud'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
Montrottier	69	189 km SW	1,400	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Montaigut-en-Combraille	63	280 km W	972	47.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Granges-Narboz	25	4.2 km S	1,359	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-du-Frêne	01	104 km SW	1,023	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Rivière-Drugeon	25	9.0 km SW	933	41.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
La Cluse-et-Mijoux	25	7.3 km SE	1,310	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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