Vaufrey

Doubs · CC du Pays de Maîche · INSEE 25591

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

Few services 27.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vaufrey (INSEE 25591) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Pays de Maîche. Population 147 (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 27.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 90 % of the 13,935 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	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.44	10	4.36
Housing mix	0.6	5	3.02

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VAUFREY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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)	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	1	VAUFREY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MAIRIE	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 235 2023: 147 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 157 (2012) → 147 (2023): -6.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 157 (1990) → 147 (2023): -6.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 19.8 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.2 km EBakery — 6.8 km NWGP — 6.9 km NWPharmacy — 8.9 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 (Blamont): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Glère): 5.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Blamont): 6.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Hippolyte): 8.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vaufrey): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.3

Days at or below 0 °C 83.8

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAICHE weather station, 15.5 km away at 825 m; the village itself is at 407 m. ^[12]

The village sits 418 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MAICHE, 15.5 km away at 825 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 418 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,434 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 9.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAICHE, 15.5 km away at 825 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 — 25591/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25591/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25591/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25591/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25063
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25275
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25519
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25591
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
Clefmont	52	135 km NW	151	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Mouthoumet	11	597 km SW	116	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 22 % · humidity 71 %
Minot	21	158 km W	186	18.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Fouvent-Saint-Andoche	70	100 km W	197	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Pargues	10	218 km W	143	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bannegon	18	325 km W	233	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Fouvent-Saint-Andoche	70	100 km W	197	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Clefmont	52	135 km NW	151	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Minot	21	158 km W	186	18.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Pargues	10	218 km W	143	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bannegon	18	325 km W	233	25.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Mouthoumet	11	597 km SW	116	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 22 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Vaufrey'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
Clefmont	52	135 km NW	151	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fouvent-Saint-Andoche	70	100 km W	197	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Pargues	10	218 km W	143	19.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Étourvy	10	220 km W	141	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
L'Échelle	08	327 km NW	129	7.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gemaingoutte	88	101 km N	150	14.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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