La Rivière-Drugeon

Doubs · CC du Plateau de Frasne et du Val de Drugeon · INSEE 25493

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

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Rivière-Drugeon (INSEE 25493) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Plateau de Frasne et du Val de Drugeon. Population 933 (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/25493-la-riviere-drugeon

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 14,747 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.97	10	9.69
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.72

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FLORYVES). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ LOU-LET). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE VALLEE DU DRUGEON). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA RIVIERE DRUGEON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU CPIE DU HAUT-DOUBS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (GAELLE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1	FLORYVES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	CHEZ LOU-LET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE VALLEE DU DRUGEON	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	1	LA RIVIERE DRUGEON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DU CPIE DU HAUT-DOUBS	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	GAELLE COIFFURE	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: 554 2023: 933 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 862 (2012) → 933 (2023): 8.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 635 (1990) → 933 (2023): 46.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 432, of which 2.8 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 4.4 km WGP — 4.4 km WPharmacy — 4.5 km W 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 (Frasne): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Rivière-Drugeon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Frasne): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Frasne): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Rivière-Drugeon): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.8

Days at or below 0 °C 106.2▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the PONTARLIER weather station, 10.4 km away at 808 m; the village itself is at 824 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at PONTARLIER, 10.4 km away at 808 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,444 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at PONTARLIER, 10.4 km away at 808 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 — 25493/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25493/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25493/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25493/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25493
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
Cruscades	11	488 km SW	936	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	511 km SW	1,025	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %
Tercé	86	433 km W	1,135	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Hostun	26	218 km S	1,037	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 8 % · humidity 79 %
Fleuré	86	437 km W	1,137	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Barbaira	11	502 km SW	805	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Hostun	26	218 km S	1,037	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 8 % · humidity 79 %
Tercé	86	433 km W	1,135	29.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Fleuré	86	437 km W	1,137	35.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 26 % · humidity 86 %
Cruscades	11	488 km SW	936	41.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Barbaira	11	502 km SW	805	41.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 8 % · winter 0 % · humidity 14 %
Caux-et-Sauzens	11	511 km SW	1,025	34.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 0 % · humidity 29 %

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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 La Rivière-Drugeon'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
Duerne	69	185 km SW	841	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Mignovillard	39	11 km SW	902	48.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sanssac-l'Église	43	276 km SW	1,080	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Dommartin	25	9.4 km NE	864	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Granges-Narboz	25	7.4 km E	1,359	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Aveize	69	188 km SW	1,110	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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