Pugey

Identity

Pugey (INSEE 25473) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 676 (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/25473-pugey

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 66 % of the 16,557 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE NICO). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FRANCOIS PARCELIER, MÉDECIN · JULIETTE JACQUOT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE PUGEY-FONTAIN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ATMOSPERES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 787 (2012) → 676 (2023): -14.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 517 (1990) → 676 (2023): 30.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 0.3 % second homes and 4.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pugey): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Besançon): 3.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pugey): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beure): 3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Larnod): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 63 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BESANCON weather station, 7.2 km away at 306 m; the village itself is at 383 m. ^[12]

The village sits 77 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 7.2 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 77 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,166 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BESANCON, 7.2 km away at 306 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25473/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25473/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25473/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25473/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25473
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25056
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25058
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25328
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024