Valdahon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 64/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Valdahon (INSEE 25578) is in Doubs (25), part of CC des Portes du Haut-Doubs. Population 5,705 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/25578-valdahon
Vitality score
Vitality score 64/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 88 % of the 4,130 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 13.06 |
| Social | 0.81 | 20 | 16.25 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.52 | 10 | 5.24 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE HUMBERT · MAISON POURET - ETABLISSEMENTS LAPO · FOURNIL DU DAHON · A CROQUER). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHEVALINE DROZ BARTHOLET NOEL). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EURL MOULIN A LEGUMES · MARCHE DU VAL). [3,4]
4 × Supermarket (ANACO · LIDL · SOLUC · NETTO). [3,4]
20 × Restaurant (KAPADOS · TURKIYEM 2 · CREPERIE AU BLE NOIR ET DORE · L'ATELIER DU VAL). [3,4]
4 × Café / bar (LE MODERNE · LE BELLEVUE · L'ANNEXE DES BRASSEURS · LE LM BAR). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LAVOISIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL J.MONNET J.PREVERT). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LAVOISIER). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE EDGAR FAURE). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JÉRÔME NABUCHODONOSOR, MÉDECIN · MAXIME GENTET, MÉDECIN · DAVID BLOT, MÉDECIN · LUCAS TOSON, MÉDECIN · LUCIEN MARGAINE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (SELARL PHARMACIE PARATTE ADAM). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE BRACHOTTE). [3]
1 × Cinema (CINE PAX). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF RUE DE L HOTEL DE VILLE · COLLEGE EDGAR FAURE). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL BAUME VALDAHON ROUG). [3]
14 × Hairdresser (DAVID COIFFURE · L'ATELIER DU CHEVEU · AUBRY COIFFURE · L'ANNEXE BY L'ATELIER # VALDAHON). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL LE RELAIS DE FRANCHE-COMTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 4 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 3 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE HUMBERT · MAISON POURET - ETABLISSEMENTS LAPO · FOURNIL DU DAHON · A CROQUER | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE CHEVALINE DROZ BARTHOLET NOEL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | EURL MOULIN A LEGUMES · MARCHE DU VAL | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 4 | ANACO · LIDL · SOLUC · NETTO | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 20 | KAPADOS · TURKIYEM 2 · CREPERIE AU BLE NOIR ET DORE · L'ATELIER DU VAL | INSEE BPE 20 / INSEE SIRENE 34 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 4 | LE MODERNE · LE BELLEVUE · L'ANNEXE DES BRASSEURS · LE LM BAR | INSEE SIRENE 4 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LAVOISIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBL J.MONNET J.PREVERT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE SAINT-EXUPERY · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LAVOISIER | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE EDGAR FAURE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | JÉRÔME NABUCHODONOSOR, MÉDECIN · MAXIME GENTET, MÉDECIN · DAVID BLOT, MÉDECIN · LUCAS TOSON, MÉDECIN · LUCIEN MARGAINE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | SELARL PHARMACIE PARATTE ADAM | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE BRACHOTTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | CINE PAX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF RUE DE L HOTEL DE VILLE · COLLEGE EDGAR FAURE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL BAUME VALDAHON ROUG | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 14 | DAVID COIFFURE · L'ATELIER DU CHEVEU · AUBRY COIFFURE · L'ANNEXE BY L'ATELIER # VALDAHON | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 17 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | HOTEL LE RELAIS DE FRANCHE-COMTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 5,182 (2012) → 5,705 (2023): 10.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,534 (1990) → 5,705 (2023): 61.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,617, of which 1.6 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Valdahon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Valdahon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Valdahon): 0.9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Valdahon): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Valdahon): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the EPENOY weather station, 2.7 km away at 752 m; the village itself is at 656 m. [9]
The village sits 96 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at EPENOY, 2.7 km away at 752 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 96 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,345 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at EPENOY, 2.7 km away at 752 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25578/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25578/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25578/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25578/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 25578
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gournay-en-Bray | 76 | 429 km NW | 5,723 | 67.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 % |
| Montrond-les-Bains | 42 | 233 km SW | 5,652 | 62.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Magny-en-Vexin | 95 | 405 km NW | 5,779 | 62.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vergèze | 30 | 413 km SW | 5,788 | 58.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 % |
| Doullens | 80 | 446 km NW | 5,751 | 62.6 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
| Altkirch | 68 | 86 km NE | 5,687 | 64.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altkirch | 68 | 86 km NE | 5,687 | 64.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montrond-les-Bains | 42 | 233 km SW | 5,652 | 62.7 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 96 % · humidity 0 % |
| Magny-en-Vexin | 95 | 405 km NW | 5,779 | 62.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vergèze | 30 | 413 km SW | 5,788 | 58.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 42 % · humidity 50 % |
| Gournay-en-Bray | 76 | 429 km NW | 5,723 | 67.2 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 72 % |
| Doullens | 80 | 446 km NW | 5,751 | 62.6 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · 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 Valdahon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langres | 52 | 110 km NW | 7,421 | 61.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hirson | 02 | 350 km NW | 8,469 | 66.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Reichshoffen | 67 | 222 km NE | 5,418 | 52.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marignier | 74 | 118 km S | 6,507 | 56.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Schweighouse-sur-Moder | 67 | 213 km NE | 5,182 | 61 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Giromagny | 90 | 75 km NE | 2,907 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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