Censeau

Identity

Censeau (INSEE 39083) is in Jura (39), part of CC Champagnole Nozeroy Jura. Population 333 (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/39083-censeau

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,999 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (STEF ET YO). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE CENTRAL). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hotel. ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Primary school (élémentaire).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 307 (2012) → 333 (2023): 8.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 282 (1990) → 333 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 190, of which 8.4 % second homes and 11.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Censeau): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nozeroy): 4.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Nozeroy): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nozeroy): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Nozeroy): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 129 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SUPT weather station, 8.9 km away at 657 m; the village itself is at 826 m. ^[10]

The village sits 169 m above 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 CHAMPAGNOLE, 15.2 km away at 537 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 289 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 1,589 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SUPT, 8.9 km away at 657 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39083/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39083/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39083/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39083/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39083
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39391
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024