Nancray

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25418

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

Partly served 49.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Nancray (INSEE 25418) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 1,308 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/25418-nancray

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 12,625 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.96	10	9.58
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PETRIN DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXIMARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (AU FIL DU TEMPS · RESTAURANT DU PLATEAU · COTE SNACK - COTE SNACK S'HABILLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (SERVICE CAFETARIA LIBRAIRIE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (MAIRIE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIEN PATOZ, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE STARCK, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE DU VAIZOT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE PETRIN DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXIMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	3	AU FIL DU TEMPS · RESTAURANT DU PLATEAU · COTE SNACK - COTE SNACK S'HABILLE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	SERVICE CAFETARIA LIBRAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JULIEN PATOZ, MÉDECIN · VIRGINIE STARCK, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	NANCRAY RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ESPACE DU VAIZOT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 504 2023: 1,308 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,268 (2012) → 1,308 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 897 (1990) → 1,308 (2023): 45.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 596, of which 2 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 0.5 km SWFood shop — 0.5 km SWPharmacy — 4.5 km E 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 (Nancray): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nancray): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Nancray): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (Nancray): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 96.5▸

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 97 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAONE weather station, 8.4 km away at 397 m; the village itself is at 412 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 14.6 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 106 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 1,316 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NAISEY LES GRANGES, 5 km away at 466 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 — 25418/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25418/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25418/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25418/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25418
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25078
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
Les Échelles	73	204 km S	1,286	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Bétheniville	51	264 km NW	1,259	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Hermonville	51	287 km NW	1,419	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière	38	211 km S	1,254	47.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
La Séauve-sur-Semène	43	262 km SW	1,456	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Plauzat	63	294 km SW	1,641	58.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Échelles	73	204 km S	1,286	44.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Joseph-de-Rivière	38	211 km S	1,254	47.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
La Séauve-sur-Semène	43	262 km SW	1,456	53.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Bétheniville	51	264 km NW	1,259	43.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Hermonville	51	287 km NW	1,419	47.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Plauzat	63	294 km SW	1,641	58.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 38 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Nancray'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
Solignac-sur-Loire	43	309 km SW	1,289	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lantriac	43	301 km SW	1,921	56	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Chabreloche	63	244 km SW	1,156	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cussac-sur-Loire	43	308 km SW	1,653	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Christol	84	362 km S	1,409	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Clayette	71	178 km SW	1,563	60.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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