Serre-les-Sapins

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25542

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

Few services 39.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 37 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Serre-les-Sapins (INSEE 25542) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 2,004 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/25542-serre-les-sapins

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 37 % of the 9,623 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.91

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 0 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 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU PAVE CHAROLAIS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Supermarket (CROC'NATURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT L'ATELIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BAPTISTE GANTOIS, MÉDECIN · SAMIR KHADRAOUI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (L'ESPACE · L' HAIR DU TEMPS). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1	AU PAVE CHAROLAIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	MAXIMO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CROC'NATURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	RESTAURANT L'ATELIER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	BAPTISTE GANTOIS, MÉDECIN · SAMIR KHADRAOUI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	2	L'ESPACE · L' HAIR DU TEMPS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 434 2023: 2,004 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,530 (2012) → 2,004 (2023): 31 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,251 (1990) → 2,004 (2023): 60.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 911, of which 0.9 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 0.5 km NEGP — 0.5 km SPharmacy — 0.5 km SBakery — 0.8 km S 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 (Franois): 0.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Serre-les-Sapins): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Franois): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Franois): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Serre-les-Sapins): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 15.9

Days at or below 0 °C 56.5

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BESANCON weather station, 4.8 km away at 306 m; the village itself is at 307 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 4.8 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,166 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BESANCON, 4.8 km away at 306 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 — 25542/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25542/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25542/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25542/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25258
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25542
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
Belberaud	31	537 km SW	1,597	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Lumbin	38	215 km S	2,164	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Chambœuf	42	222 km SW	1,767	54.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Gresswiller	67	183 km NE	1,695	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Chevannes	91	297 km NW	1,550	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Jonquerettes	84	374 km S	1,606	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gresswiller	67	183 km NE	1,695	36	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Lumbin	38	215 km S	2,164	46.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Chambœuf	42	222 km SW	1,767	54.3	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chevannes	91	297 km NW	1,550	42.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Jonquerettes	84	374 km S	1,606	33.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 54 % · humidity 79 %
Belberaud	31	537 km SW	1,597	40.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Serre-les-Sapins'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
Dachstein	67	189 km NE	1,737	44.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Locon	62	440 km NW	2,324	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Maillot	89	222 km NW	1,268	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Uffholtz	68	114 km NE	1,614	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Daix	21	71 km W	1,515	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Monswiller	67	200 km NE	1,995	63.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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