Montfaucon

Identity

Montfaucon (INSEE 25395) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 1,622 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/25395-montfaucon

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 11,063 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.

Services

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

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE RELAIS DES SAVEURS · LES DELICES DE LAURENCE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EDUARDO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BISTRO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BRIGITTE GUILLAME, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIR'S'STYLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,496 (2012) → 1,622 (2023): 8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,262 (1990) → 1,622 (2023): 28.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 761, of which 1.7 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montfaucon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montfaucon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montfaucon): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Morre): 1.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montfaucon): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 104 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAONE weather station, 3.8 km away at 397 m; the village itself is at 500 m. ^[10]

The village sits 103 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 6.9 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 194 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,305 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SAONE, 3.8 km away at 397 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

57 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 310,000 € — 1,944 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

28 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 194,250 € — 3,171 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Doubs is 1,815 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25395/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25395/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25395/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25395/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25395
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25410
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025