Villars-Saint-Georges

Doubs · CU Grand Besançon Métropole · INSEE 25616

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

Few services 24.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villars-Saint-Georges (INSEE 25616) is in Doubs (25), part of CU Grand Besançon Métropole. Population 283 (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 24.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 17,659 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	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)	0	INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 134 2023: 283 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 249 (2012) → 283 (2023): 13.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 153 (1990) → 283 (2023): 85 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 122, of which 7.4 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.3 km EGP — 2.4 km SEBakery — 4.8 km SEFood shop — 5.2 km SEPharmacy — 6.5 km N 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 (Quingey): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Quingey): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Byans-sur-Doubs): 2.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Vit): 6.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Byans-sur-Doubs): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 67

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the DANNEMARIE-SUR- weather station, 9.1 km away at 267 m; the village itself is at 276 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at BESANCON, 18.3 km away at 306 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,057 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at DANNEMARIE-SUR-, 9.1 km away at 267 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 — 25616/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25616/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25616/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25616/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25475
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25105
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25527
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
Les Iffs	35	590 km W	274	21.4	Few services	no figures
Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan	76	465 km NW	284	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Bouzais	18	259 km W	273	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Plaines-Saint-Lange	10	140 km NW	266	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Balaiseaux	39	32 km SW	291	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnes-en-Tardenois	02	281 km NW	272	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Balaiseaux	39	32 km SW	291	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Plaines-Saint-Lange	10	140 km NW	266	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Bouzais	18	259 km W	273	19.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Fresnes-en-Tardenois	02	281 km NW	272	19.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-d'Ételan	76	465 km NW	284	22.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Les Iffs	35	590 km W	274	21.4	Few services	no figures

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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 Villars-Saint-Georges'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
Plaines-Saint-Lange	10	140 km NW	266	14	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Balaiseaux	39	32 km SW	291	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Damas-aux-Bois	88	149 km N	273	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Laneuveville-en-Saulnois	57	199 km N	285	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-de-Bassel	57	206 km NE	322	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Frais	90	105 km NE	249	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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