Pouilley-Français

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25466

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 34.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Pouilley-Français (INSEE 25466) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 816 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 34.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 15,532 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.86

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BELLE EPOQUE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE STUDIO). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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	1	LA BELLE EPOQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	LE STUDIO	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: 167 peak 2012: 835 2023: 816 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 835 (2012) → 816 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 463 (1990) → 816 (2023): 76.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 365, of which 1.4 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.3 km EBakery — 2.5 km SWFood shop — 2.6 km SWPharmacy — 3.7 km SW 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 (Saint-Vit): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Vit): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Dannemarie-sur-Crète): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Vit): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Pouilley-Français): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 67

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DANNEMARIE-SUR- weather station, 2.4 km away at 267 m; the village itself is at 259 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 11.9 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,057 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DANNEMARIE-SUR-, 2.4 km away at 267 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25466/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25466/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25466/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25466/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25527
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25195
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25466
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
Fêche-l'Église	90	90 km E	702	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Mortefontaine-en-Thelle	60	354 km NW	958	34.2	Few services	no figures
Ponthévrard	78	329 km NW	693	34	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-du-Noyer	28	352 km W	1,015	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Vernajoul	09	575 km SW	701	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %
Cize	39	54 km S	797	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cize	39	54 km S	797	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Fêche-l'Église	90	90 km E	702	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Ponthévrard	78	329 km NW	693	34	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-du-Noyer	28	352 km W	1,015	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Mortefontaine-en-Thelle	60	354 km NW	958	34.2	Few services	no figures
Vernajoul	09	575 km SW	701	31.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 53 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Pouilley-Français'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
Marcq	78	351 km NW	802	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Roderen	68	113 km NE	902	31.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Nordheim	67	202 km NE	945	44	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Durrenentzen	68	158 km NE	1,062	26.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Badevel	25	89 km E	808	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Flétrange	57	213 km N	875	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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