Ruffey-le-Château
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 17.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ruffey-le-Château (INSEE 25510) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Val Marnaysien. Population 366 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 17.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 27 % of the 18,035 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.92 | 5 | 4.59 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 324 (2012) → 366 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 234 (1990) → 366 (2023): 56.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 4.1 % second homes and 7.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Marnay): 2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Marnay): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Marnay): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Marnay): 2.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Marnay): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the DANNEMARIE-SUR- weather station, 11.2 km away at 267 m; the village itself is at 217 m. [9]
The village sits 50 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BESANCON, 15 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 89 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,057 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at DANNEMARIE-SUR-, 11.2 km away at 267 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25510/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25510/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25510/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25510/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70334
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morangis | 51 | 234 km NW | 363 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rigny-la-Salle | 55 | 148 km N | 371 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pronleroy | 60 | 341 km NW | 365 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard | 28 | 361 km W | 368 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontanès | 34 | 415 km S | 358 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
| Fruncé | 28 | 363 km W | 376 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rigny-la-Salle | 55 | 148 km N | 371 | 13.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 % |
| Morangis | 51 | 234 km NW | 363 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pronleroy | 60 | 341 km NW | 365 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-le-Gaillard | 28 | 361 km W | 368 | 17.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fruncé | 28 | 363 km W | 376 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fontanès | 34 | 415 km S | 358 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 3 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Ruffey-le-Château'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Aynans | 70 | 62 km NE | 356 | 13.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laronxe | 54 | 152 km NE | 361 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Conflans-sur-Loing | 45 | 237 km W | 364 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Altenach | 68 | 105 km E | 372 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cirey | 70 | 28 km NE | 372 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Prugny | 10 | 175 km NW | 367 | 14.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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