Vellevans

Doubs · CC du Pays de Sancey-Belleherbe · INSEE 25597

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vellevans (INSEE 25597) is in Doubs (25), part of CC du Pays de Sancey-Belleherbe. Population 253 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/25597-vellevans

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,252 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.72	10	7.22
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.58

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE INTERCOMMUNALE	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	VELLEVANS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 264 2023: 253 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 192 (2012) → 253 (2023): 31.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 207 (1990) → 253 (2023): 22.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 4.2 % second homes and 12.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.7 km NEBakery — 6.4 km EGP — 6.5 km EPharmacy — 6.8 km E 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 (Sancey): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chazot): 3.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Sancey): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sancey): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vellevans): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14

Days at or below 0 °C 86.2

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SANCEY-LE-GRAND weather station, 6.2 km away at 490 m; the village itself is at 494 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SANCEY-LE-GRAND, 6.2 km away at 490 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,351 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SANCEY LE GRAND, 6.1 km away at 507 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 — 25597/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25597/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25597/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25597/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25529
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25145
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25597
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
Baudreville	28	361 km W	247	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Loupia	11	584 km SW	259	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 5 % · humidity 14 %
Soupex	11	566 km SW	243	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 24 % · humidity 36 %
Rouvres-en-Xaintois	88	116 km N	259	17.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Loisey	55	185 km NW	270	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Ciadoux	31	637 km SW	234	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Rouvres-en-Xaintois	88	116 km N	259	17.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Loisey	55	185 km NW	270	21.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Baudreville	28	361 km W	247	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 100 %
Soupex	11	566 km SW	243	22.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 24 % · humidity 36 %
Loupia	11	584 km SW	259	22.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 5 % · humidity 14 %
Ciadoux	31	637 km SW	234	22.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 54 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Vellevans'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
Moyemont	88	116 km N	220	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Maxey-sur-Vaise	55	150 km NW	279	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gorgon-Main	25	35 km SW	250	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villey-sur-Tille	21	108 km W	264	18.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Errevet	70	46 km NE	271	21.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Larivière	90	55 km NE	282	23.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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