Mésandans

Doubs · CC des Deux Vallées Vertes · INSEE 25377

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

Few services 39.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mésandans (INSEE 25377) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Deux Vallées Vertes. Population 233 (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 39.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 16,841 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE TUYE DE MESANDANS). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LES SAVEURS DU TUYE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	LE TUYE DE MESANDANS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	LES SAVEURS DU TUYE	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 DU VALLON	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	MESANDANS 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	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: 110 2023: 233 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 215 (2012) → 233 (2023): 8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 105 (1990) → 233 (2023): 121.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 102, of which 7.8 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 5.5 km NGP — 5.7 km NPharmacy — 5.7 km N 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 (Rougemont): 5.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mésandans): 0.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rougemont): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rougemont): 5.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mésandans): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 67.8

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BRANNE_SAPC weather station, 9.8 km away at 287 m; the village itself is at 326 m. ^[10]

An average of 1,183 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BAUME-LES-DAMES, 9.5 km away at 267 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 — 25377/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25377/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25377/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25377/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25505
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25377
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
Xambes	16	510 km W	257	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Brossainc	07	267 km SW	262	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Lonzac	17	556 km W	267	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 61 %
Mont-Saint-Vincent	71	169 km SW	308	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Ménil-sur-Belvitte	88	109 km N	288	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Avot	21	104 km W	186	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 66 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Avot	21	104 km W	186	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 66 %
Ménil-sur-Belvitte	88	109 km N	288	36	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 89 %
Mont-Saint-Vincent	71	169 km SW	308	34.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 89 %
Brossainc	07	267 km SW	262	37.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 99 %
Xambes	16	510 km W	257	31.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 66 %
Lonzac	17	556 km W	267	28.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 61 %

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