Saules

Identity

Saules (INSEE 25535) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Loue-Lison. Population 234 (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/25535-saules

Vitality score

Vitality score 25.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 16,894 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

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (BRUGGER · O'TRUCK COMTOIS (OTC)). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 226 (2012) → 234 (2023): 3.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 177 (1990) → 234 (2023): 32.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 1.7 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Guyans-Durnes): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ornans): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ornans): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ornans): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Durnes): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 109 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAONE weather station, 12 km away at 397 m; the village itself is at 569 m. ^[11]

The village sits 172 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at EPENOY, 12.8 km away at 752 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 183 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,316 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 9.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at NAISEY LES GRANGES, 10.7 km away at 466 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

10 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 165,500 € — 1,235 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Doubs is 1,815 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25535/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25535/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25535/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25535/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25300
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25434
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25208
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025