Saône

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25532

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

Partly served 46.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saône (INSEE 25532) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 3,195 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/25532-saone

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 6,768 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	0.42	25	10.39
Social	0.36	20	7.13
Education	0.22	10	2.21
Health	0.54	10	5.43
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	0.82	10	8.25
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ECRIN DES DOUCEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EDUARDO). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EURL DU PLATEAU · BIOMONDE · LA VIE CLAIRE). ^[3,4]

4 × Supermarket (SUPER U · ALDI MARCHE · NETTO · INTERMARCHE). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (TITI PIZZ · PIZZA L'AUTHENTIQUE · RESTAURANT DE L'ETOILE · O'PLATO). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES DUBOIS). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ENTRE DEUX VELLES). ^[3]

8 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALEXANDRA CHARDON-SUSBIELLES, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE VANICAT, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE ATTAL, MÉDECIN · LAURE JEUNET-MANCY, MÉDECIN · FATIMA ELKAIM BILLAH, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MARAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE L'OUTO). ^[3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (STADE JOJO BRUARD · COLLEGE ENTRE LES VELLES). ^[3]

4 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL BESANCON UNION). ^[3]

6 × Hairdresser (JEAN LOUIS DAVID · L'ATELIER · AUREL'COIFF · LE FIGARO DE SAONE). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Café / bar. ^[4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	ECRIN DES DOUCEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	EDUARDO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	EURL DU PLATEAU · BIOMONDE · LA VIE CLAIRE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	4	SUPER U · ALDI MARCHE · NETTO · INTERMARCHE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	5	TITI PIZZ · PIZZA L'AUTHENTIQUE · RESTAURANT DE L'ETOILE · O'PLATO	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES DUBOIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ENTRE DEUX VELLES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	8	ALEXANDRA CHARDON-SUSBIELLES, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE VANICAT, MÉDECIN · STEPHANE ATTAL, MÉDECIN · LAURE JEUNET-MANCY, MÉDECIN · FATIMA ELKAIM BILLAH, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 8 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU MARAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE L'OUTO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	2	STADE JOJO BRUARD · COLLEGE ENTRE LES VELLES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	4	CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL BESANCON UNION	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Hairdresser	6	JEAN LOUIS DAVID · L'ATELIER · AUREL'COIFF · LE FIGARO DE SAONE	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 1,341 peak 2017: 3,375 2023: 3,195 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,301 (2012) → 3,195 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,412 (1990) → 3,195 (2023): 32.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,540, of which 0.7 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saône): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saône): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saône): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saône): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saône): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.5

Days at or below 0 °C 96.5▸

Muggy days a summer 1

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 97 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SAONE weather station, 3.1 km away at 397 m; the village itself is at 394 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 10 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 88 m below 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 1,305 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at SAONE, 3.1 km away at 397 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 — 25532/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25532/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25532/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25532/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25532
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
La Roche-Blanche	63	285 km SW	3,311	40.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Eure	28	379 km W	2,797	52.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-le-Comte	86	451 km W	3,972	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Le Mérévillois	91	325 km NW	3,477	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 50 %
Pavie	32	589 km SW	2,566	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %
Gergy	71	97 km SW	2,566	48.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gergy	71	97 km SW	2,566	48.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
La Roche-Blanche	63	285 km SW	3,311	40.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mérévillois	91	325 km NW	3,477	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 50 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Eure	28	379 km W	2,797	52.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Fontaine-le-Comte	86	451 km W	3,972	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Pavie	32	589 km SW	2,566	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Saône'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
Saint-André-le-Gaz	38	192 km S	2,754	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Aubusson	23	333 km SW	3,018	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chauffailles	71	177 km SW	3,638	55.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Fraize	88	126 km NE	2,843	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Nantua	01	125 km S	3,416	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Éloy-les-Mines	63	277 km SW	3,480	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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