Bellefontaine
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bellefontaine (INSEE 39047) is in Jura (39), part of CC Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté. Population 494 (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 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 56 % of the 17,795 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 | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.67 | 10 | 6.71 |
| Housing mix | 0.23 | 5 | 1.17 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (L'EPICEA · CHEZ LETI). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BELLEFONTAINE RP). [3]
1 × Hotel (LA CHAUMIERE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 | 2 | L'EPICEA · CHEZ LETI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE | 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 | BELLEFONTAINE RP | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | LA CHAUMIERE | 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 536 (2012) → 494 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 422 (1990) → 494 (2023): 17.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 38.3 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Morbier): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Morbier): 4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Morbier): 4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Morbier): 4.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Bellefontaine): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 130 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LES ROUSSES weather station, 8.5 km away at 1,110 m; the village itself is at 1,027 m. [10]
The village sits 83 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST LAURENT - SA, 9.1 km away at 880 m, over 10 summers. [10]
That station sits 147 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 2,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 13.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BELLEFONTAINE, 0.1 km away at 1,030 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39047/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39047/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39047/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39047/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39367
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39047
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fougax-et-Barrineuf | 09 | 525 km SW | 428 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Privé | 89 | 263 km NW | 515 | 26.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trémolat | 24 | 447 km SW | 624 | 28.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur | 05 | 211 km S | 382 | 30 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Essert-Romand | 74 | 61 km SE | 526 | 32.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| Salperwick | 62 | 547 km NW | 521 | 31 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essert-Romand | 74 | 61 km SE | 526 | 32.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur | 05 | 211 km S | 382 | 30 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Privé | 89 | 263 km NW | 515 | 26.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 % |
| Trémolat | 24 | 447 km SW | 624 | 28.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
| Fougax-et-Barrineuf | 09 | 525 km SW | 428 | 24.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Salperwick | 62 | 547 km NW | 521 | 31 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 0 % |
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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 Bellefontaine'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lajoux | 39 | 22 km S | 287 | 29.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Verrières-de-Joux | 25 | 48 km NE | 464 | 28.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coltines | 15 | 289 km SW | 427 | 20.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boujailles | 25 | 37 km N | 461 | 31.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Remoray-Boujeons | 25 | 27 km NE | 466 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Val-des-Prés | 05 | 185 km S | 593 | 26 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
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