Les Premiers Sapins

Doubs · CC des Portes du Haut-Doubs · INSEE 25424

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

Partly served 52.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Premiers Sapins (INSEE 25424) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Portes du Haut-Doubs. Population 1,587 (2023). ^[1]

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

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-01-01 from 5 former communes: Athose (25028), Chasnans (25128), Hautepierre-le-Châtelet (25302), Rantechaux (25480), Vanclans (25585). ^[3]

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/25424-les-premiers-sapins

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 11,223 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	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.98	10	9.78
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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. ^[4,5]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[4,5]

3 × Restaurant (COMME A LA MAISON · MAMZELLE CHIGNON · TERROIRS ET MILLESIMES). ^[4,5]

1 × Café / bar (LE PETIT PARIS). ^[5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES PREMIERS SAPINS). ^[4]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL AMIOTTE, MÉDECIN · TIPHAINE BOYER, MÉDECIN · CECILE CAIREY-REMONNAY, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES PREMIERS SAPINS). ^[4,5]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES PREMIERS SAPINS RP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'OXCIA). ^[4,5]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
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	COMME A LA MAISON · MAMZELLE CHIGNON · TERROIRS ET MILLESIMES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,5]
Café / bar	1	LE PETIT PARIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DES PREMIERS SAPINS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	PASCAL AMIOTTE, MÉDECIN · TIPHAINE BOYER, MÉDECIN · CECILE CAIREY-REMONNAY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DES PREMIERS SAPINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LES PREMIERS SAPINS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	LES CISEAUX D'OXCIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 1,197 2023: 1,587 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,506 (2012) → 1,587 (2023): 5.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,074 (1990) → 1,587 (2023): 47.8 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 773, of which 5.3 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.5 km SE 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 (Les Premiers Sapins): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Les Premiers Sapins): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Les Premiers Sapins): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Premiers Sapins): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.7

Days at or below 0 °C 83.8

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the EPENOY weather station, 3.9 km away at 752 m; the village itself is at 724 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at EPENOY, 3.9 km away at 752 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,345 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at EPENOY, 3.9 km away at 752 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 — 25424/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25424/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25424/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25424/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25424
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
Montierchaume	36	347 km W	1,624	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint Martin de l'If	76	491 km NW	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux	35	596 km W	1,326	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Terre	33	559 km SW	1,883	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %
Plouezoc'h	29	776 km W	1,646	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Cuisery	71	118 km SW	1,576	62.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cuisery	71	118 km SW	1,576	62.4	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 57 %
Montierchaume	36	347 km W	1,624	44.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint Martin de l'If	76	491 km NW	1,736	52.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Terre	33	559 km SW	1,883	53.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux	35	596 km W	1,326	50.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Plouezoc'h	29	776 km W	1,646	47.2	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Les Premiers Sapins'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-Mamet-la-Salvetat	15	399 km SW	1,527	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Ours	63	298 km SW	1,708	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Charbonnières-les-Varennes	63	288 km SW	1,935	41.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Riotord	43	256 km SW	1,195	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Larringes	74	83 km S	1,592	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Chapdes-Beaufort	63	298 km SW	1,140	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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