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Scey-Maisières

Doubs · CC Loue-Lison · INSEE 25537

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

No daily shops 18.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Scey-Maisières (INSEE 25537) is in Doubs (25), part of CC Loue-Lison. Population 286 (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/25537-scey-maisieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,713 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.57105.71
Housing mix0.6753.33

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE VERGER). [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]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE VERGERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 221 peak 2007: 318 2023: 286 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 308 (2012) → 286 (2023): -7.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 267 (1990) → 286 (2023): 7.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 168, of which 16.7 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.3 km NW (Épeugney)GP — 4.3 km NW (Épeugney)Pharmacy — 4.5 km NW (Épeugney)Food shop — 4.9 km E (Ornans)Bakery — 5.4 km E (Ornans)
Primary school — 4.3 km NWGP — 4.3 km NWPharmacy — 4.5 km NWFood shop — 4.9 km EBakery — 5.4 km E 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 (Ornans): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ornans): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Épeugney): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Épeugney): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Épeugney): 4.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 12 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the AMANCEY weather station, 6.9 km away at 600 m; the village itself is at 336 m. [10]

The village sits 264 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at COULANS, 9.5 km away at 468 m, over 18 summers. [10]

That station sits 132 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 1,483 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at AMANCEY, 6.9 km away at 600 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

21 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 185,000 € — 1,650 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Doubs is 1,815 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]

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 — 25537/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25537/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25537/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25537/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25434
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25220
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Pernelle50612 km NW28619.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Larnas07316 km S28327.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Montlevon02280 km NW27918.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Paul-lès-Monestier38244 km S28823Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Douriez62473 km NW29619No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
Sazilly37434 km W27319.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Paul-lès-Monestier38244 km S28823Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Montlevon02280 km NW27918.6No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Larnas07316 km S28327.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Sazilly37434 km W27319.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Douriez62473 km NW29619No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 84 %
La Pernelle50612 km NW28619.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Scey-Maisières'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Auxey-Duresses21101 km W29017.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vernantois3965 km SW29818.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Échevronne2193 km W31621.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Barbirey-sur-Ouche21101 km W25923Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Agey21101 km W26520Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Francheville54183 km N29723.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %