Le Luhier

Doubs · CC du Plateau de Russey · INSEE 25351

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Luhier (INSEE 25351) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Plateau de Russey. Population 244 (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 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,108 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

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 PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[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

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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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: 162 2023: 244 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 199 (2012) → 244 (2023): 22.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 160 (1990) → 244 (2023): 52.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 3.4 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.6 km WFood shop — 4.5 km EGP — 4.5 km EPharmacy — 4.5 km EBakery — 4.8 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 (Bonnétage): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Russey): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Russey): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Russey): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Luhier): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 7.5

Days at or below 0 °C 117.6▸

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 118 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LE RUSSEY weather station, 5.7 km away at 891 m; the village itself is at 818 m. ^[11]

The village sits 73 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at MAICHE, 12.8 km away at 825 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,670 mm of rain a year, spread over 163 days — about 10.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE RUSSEY, 5.7 km away at 891 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 — 25351/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25351/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25351/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25351/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25074
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25512
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25351
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
Villy-en-Trodes	10	206 km NW	245	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 16 % · humidity 79 %
Rodalbe	57	194 km N	246	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Wattignies-la-Victoire	59	389 km NW	240	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Foy	40	652 km SW	251	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 23 % · humidity 29 %
Carbes	81	527 km SW	247	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 %
Mondescourt	60	376 km NW	247	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rodalbe	57	194 km N	246	22.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 %
Villy-en-Trodes	10	206 km NW	245	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 16 % · humidity 79 %
Mondescourt	60	376 km NW	247	19	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 4 % · humidity 86 %
Wattignies-la-Victoire	59	389 km NW	240	19.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 8 % · humidity 93 %
Carbes	81	527 km SW	247	24.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 21 %
Sainte-Foy	40	652 km SW	251	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 23 % · 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 Le Luhier'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
Bugny	25	30 km SW	257	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Charmauvillers	25	21 km E	285	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-Rambaud	74	126 km S	249	22.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-d'Amont	25	54 km SW	213	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
La Forclaz	74	94 km S	219	20.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vennes	25	9.0 km W	238	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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