Ouhans

Identity

Ouhans (INSEE 25440) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Entre Doubs et Loue. Population 398 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/25440-ouhans

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,984 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (OUHANS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 373 (2012) → 398 (2023): 6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 287 (1990) → 398 (2023): 38.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 2.1 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Val-d'Usiers): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Val-d'Usiers): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Val-d'Usiers): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Doubs): 9.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Ouhans): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PONTARLIER weather station, 8.2 km away at 808 m; the village itself is at 635 m. ^[11]

The village sits 173 m below 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PONTARLIER, 8.2 km away at 808 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 173 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,444 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PONTARLIER, 8.2 km away at 808 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25440/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25440/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25440/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25440/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25060
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25204
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25440
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024