La Tour-de-Sçay

Doubs · CC du Doubs Baumois · INSEE 25566

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

Few services 32/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 80 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Tour-de-Sçay (INSEE 25566) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Doubs Baumois. Population 315 (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 32/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 80 % of the 17,949 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.94	10	9.38
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PATISSIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE INTERCOMMUNALE DE LA BUSSIERE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA PATISSIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	ECOLE INTERCOMMUNALE DE LA BUSSIERE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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	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

1968: 141 2023: 315 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 246 (2012) → 315 (2023): 28 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 219 (1990) → 315 (2023): 43.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 135, of which 3.7 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 2.3 km WGP — 3.7 km WPharmacy — 3.7 km W 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 (La Tour-de-Sçay): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Rignosot): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Rigney): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Rigney): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Tour-de-Sçay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.1

Days at or below 0 °C 90.5

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the POULIGNEY weather station, 6.3 km away at 286 m; the village itself is at 289 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,221 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at POULIGNEY, 6.3 km away at 286 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25566/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25566/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25566/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25566/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25566
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25491
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25490
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
Vescheim	57	173 km NE	305	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 47 %
Maxilly-sur-Saône	21	61 km W	364	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 %
Auxon	70	33 km N	398	27.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 78 %
Saint-Agoulin	63	279 km SW	310	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 70 %
Cantaing-sur-Escaut	59	380 km NW	410	27.5	Few services	no figures
Charmes-la-Côte	54	141 km N	315	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 59 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Auxon	70	33 km N	398	27.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 78 %
Maxilly-sur-Saône	21	61 km W	364	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 61 %
Charmes-la-Côte	54	141 km N	315	21	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 59 %
Vescheim	57	173 km NE	305	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 47 %
Saint-Agoulin	63	279 km SW	310	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 70 %
Cantaing-sur-Escaut	59	380 km NW	410	27.5	Few services	no figures

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