Pays-de-Montbenoît

Doubs · CC Entre Doubs et Loue · INSEE 25390

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

Few services 33.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pays-de-Montbenoît (INSEE 25390) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Entre Doubs et Loue. Population 1,923 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2025-01-01 from 4 former communes: Hauterive-la-Fresse (25303), La Longeville (25347), Montflovin (25398), Ville-du-Pont (25620). ^[3]

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 33.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 9,854 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	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[4,5]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (P'TIT BISCUIT · TI'BOUT DE PAIN). ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (EURL FRANCHINI · ROUTE 25 · CE MA CUISINE). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTBENOIT AP). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE D ACTIVITE SPORTIVE ET CULTURELLE INTERCOMMUNALE). ^[4]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE). ^[4]

1 × Hotel (AUBERGE DE LA PERDRIX). ^[4,5]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	P'TIT BISCUIT · TI'BOUT DE PAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	3	EURL FRANCHINI · ROUTE 25 · CE MA CUISINE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTBENOIT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE D ACTIVITE SPORTIVE ET CULTURELLE INTERCOMMUNALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	1	CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	1	AUBERGE DE LA PERDRIX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,032 2023: 1,923 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,721 (2012) → 1,923 (2023): 11.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,015 (1990) → 1,923 (2023): 89.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 893, of which 7.5 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Food shop — 3.5 km NWPrimary school — 3.9 km SWGP — 6.6 km NPharmacy — 6.6 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 (Pays-de-Montbenoît): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (La Chaux): 3.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Gilley): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Gilley): 6.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Maisons-du-Bois-Lièvremont): 3.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

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. ^[13]

Measured at the PONTARLIER weather station, 13 km away at 808 m; the village itself is at 782 m. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at PONTARLIER, 13 km away at 808 m, over 30 summers. ^[13]

An average of 1,444 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at PONTARLIER, 13 km away at 808 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25390/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25390/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25390/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25390/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25390
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25139
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25271
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25357
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
Val-Sonnette	39	87 km SW	1,318	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Fiel	23	359 km W	1,087	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Civray-de-Touraine	37	411 km W	1,819	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-sur-Loire	37	473 km W	1,468	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 9 % · humidity 64 %
Zutkerque	62	536 km NW	1,820	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Antoine-de-Breuilh	24	543 km SW	1,784	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 23 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Val-Sonnette	39	87 km SW	1,318	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Fiel	23	359 km W	1,087	26.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Civray-de-Touraine	37	411 km W	1,819	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 9 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-sur-Loire	37	473 km W	1,468	28.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 9 % · humidity 64 %
Zutkerque	62	536 km NW	1,820	36.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Antoine-de-Breuilh	24	543 km SW	1,784	35.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 18 % · winter 23 %

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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 Pays-de-Montbenoît'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
Saint-Pierre-Eynac	43	286 km SW	1,288	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Menthonnex-en-Bornes	74	107 km S	1,115	39.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Charbonnières-les-Vieilles	63	288 km W	1,170	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizon	43	301 km SW	931	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Aveize	69	211 km SW	1,110	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Sanssac-l'Église	43	299 km SW	1,080	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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