Loray

Doubs · CC des Portes du Haut-Doubs · INSEE 25349

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 66 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Loray (INSEE 25349) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Portes du Haut-Doubs. Population 623 (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 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 16,844 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	25	0
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (HOTEL RESTAURANT VIEILLE ROBICHON · VAL PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE SO'). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL VIEILLE-ROBICHON). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	HOTEL RESTAURANT VIEILLE ROBICHON · VAL PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	COIFFURE SO'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL VIEILLE-ROBICHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 356 2023: 623 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 489 (2012) → 623 (2023): 27.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 372 (1990) → 623 (2023): 67.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 5.3 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.2 km SEGP — 3.2 km SEFood shop — 3.3 km SEPharmacy — 7.9 km NE 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 (Orchamps-Vennes): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orchamps-Vennes): 3.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Orchamps-Vennes): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Pierrefontaine-les-Varans): 7.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Loray): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.2

Days at or below 0 °C 118.5▸

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 119 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PIERREFONTAINE weather station, 7.4 km away at 695 m; the village itself is at 759 m. ^[11]

The village sits 64 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 EPENOY, 10.3 km away at 752 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,444 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ORCHAMPS-VENNES, 3.4 km away at 761 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 — 25349/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25349/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25349/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25349/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25432
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25453
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25349
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
Fauch	81	496 km SW	619	32	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Luzay	79	508 km W	617	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour	40	659 km SW	625	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
La Faye	16	501 km W	617	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 1 % · humidity 79 %
Pujo-le-Plan	40	646 km SW	641	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Merckeghem	59	513 km NW	615	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fauch	81	496 km SW	619	32	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
La Faye	16	501 km W	617	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 1 % · humidity 79 %
Luzay	79	508 km W	617	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 46 % · winter 0 %
Merckeghem	59	513 km NW	615	27.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Pujo-le-Plan	40	646 km SW	641	28.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Maurice-sur-Adour	40	659 km SW	625	29.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 13 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Loray'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
Chapelle-d'Huin	25	35 km SW	549	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Engins	38	230 km S	422	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-en-Montagne	39	59 km SW	390	29.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Boujailles	25	43 km SW	461	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Les Bréseux	25	27 km NE	494	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Le Reposoir	74	127 km S	565	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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