Vaire

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25575

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

Few services 31/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaire (INSEE 25575) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 812 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2016-06-01 from 1 former commune: Vaire-le-Petit (25576). ^[3]

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/25575-vaire

Vitality score

Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 15,579 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.75	10	7.47
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[4,5]

1 × Restaurant (MBH). ^[4,5]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	1	MBH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 596 2023: 812 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 747 (2012) → 812 (2023): 8.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 651 (1990) → 812 (2023): 24.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 3 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Pharmacy — 1.5 km WBakery — 2.9 km WFood shop — 3.1 km WGP — 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 (Roche-lez-Beaupré): 2.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Roche-lez-Beaupré): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Roche-lez-Beaupré): 3.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Novillars): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vaire): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.1

Days at or below 0 °C 90.5

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 91 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the POULIGNEY weather station, 6.6 km away at 286 m; the village itself is at 259 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 13 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,221 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at POULIGNEY, 6.6 km away at 286 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25575/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25575/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25575/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25575/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25495
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25429
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25575
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
Marcé	49	489 km W	843	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Beuveille	54	241 km N	783	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Mackenheim	67	146 km NE	768	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Villargondran	73	226 km S	790	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard	30	393 km S	798	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 7 % · humidity 36 %
Belle-Église	60	360 km NW	730	33.5	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mackenheim	67	146 km NE	768	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Villargondran	73	226 km S	790	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Beuveille	54	241 km N	783	33	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 %
Belle-Église	60	360 km NW	730	33.5	Few services	no figures
Saint-Bonnet-du-Gard	30	393 km S	798	37.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 10 % · winter 7 % · humidity 36 %
Marcé	49	489 km W	843	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Vaire'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
Pougny	01	128 km S	871	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Désandans	25	48 km NE	709	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mûres	74	165 km S	870	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chalain-d'Uzore	42	240 km SW	696	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Faverois	90	72 km E	593	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Hauteville-sur-Fier	74	154 km S	1,155	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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