Novillars
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 36.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Novillars (INSEE 25429) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 1,334 (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/25429-novillars
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 40 % of the 12,447 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 | 0.51 | 20 | 10.26 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.33 | 10 | 3.29 |
| Housing mix | 1 | 5 | 4.98 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LE TIKI). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE NOVILLARS). [3,4]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE NOVILLARS). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (ALG). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Post office / agence postale. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 2 | LE TIKI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE NOVILLARS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE NOVILLARS | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | ALG | 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
Population 1,541 (2012) → 1,334 (2023): -13.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,610 (1990) → 1,334 (2023): -17.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 563, of which 0.2 % second homes and 7.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Roche-lez-Beaupré): 1.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Roche-lez-Beaupré): 1.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Roche-lez-Beaupré): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Novillars): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Novillars): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the POULIGNEY weather station, 7.2 km away at 286 m; the village itself is at 252 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BESANCON, 11.7 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 54 m above 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 1,221 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at POULIGNEY, 7.2 km away at 286 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 — 25429/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25429/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25429/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25429/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 25495
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 25429
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tancarville | 76 | 486 km NW | 1,268 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 27 % |
| Poligné | 35 | 590 km W | 1,261 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 12 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sevrey | 71 | 116 km SW | 1,201 | 34.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dammartin-en-Serve | 78 | 381 km NW | 1,441 | 42 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chaussée-d'Ivry | 28 | 389 km NW | 1,321 | 38.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Landéhen | 22 | 659 km W | 1,444 | 38.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 15 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevrey | 71 | 116 km SW | 1,201 | 34.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 35 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dammartin-en-Serve | 78 | 381 km NW | 1,441 | 42 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chaussée-d'Ivry | 28 | 389 km NW | 1,321 | 38.7 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Tancarville | 76 | 486 km NW | 1,268 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 27 % |
| Poligné | 35 | 590 km W | 1,261 | 39.1 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 12 % · humidity 100 % |
| Landéhen | 22 | 659 km W | 1,444 | 38.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 15 % · 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 Novillars'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin | 70 | 44 km N | 1,525 | 50.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hauteville-sur-Fier | 74 | 154 km S | 1,155 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Polminhac | 15 | 377 km SW | 1,197 | 41.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Arcey | 25 | 48 km NE | 1,489 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dortan | 01 | 113 km S | 2,074 | 38.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cublize | 69 | 195 km SW | 1,360 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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