Château-Chalon
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 28.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Château-Chalon (INSEE 39114) is in Jura (39), part of CC Bresse Haute Seille. Population 149 (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 28.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 92 % of the 14,028 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.47 | 10 | 4.74 |
| Housing mix | 0.3 | 5 | 1.5 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES PUPITRES DE CELINE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (LE BOUCHON DU CHATEAU). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, 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 | 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) | 1 | LES PUPITRES DE CELINE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | LE BOUCHON DU CHATEAU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 153 (2012) → 149 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 153 (1990) → 149 (2023): -2.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 120, of which 35 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Voiteur): 1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Château-Chalon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Voiteur): 1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Voiteur): 1.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Voiteur): 1.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LE FIED_SAPC weather station, 7.1 km away at 522 m; the village itself is at 443 m. [10]
The village sits 79 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 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LONS LE SAUNIER, 10.8 km away at 298 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 145 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 1,265 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at DOMBLANS, 2.3 km away at 253 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 — 39114/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39114/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39114/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39114/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39582
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39114
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biron | 24 | 438 km SW | 151 | 25.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 % |
| Belval | 88 | 213 km NE | 148 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chazeaux | 07 | 261 km SW | 134 | 31 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Rozier | 48 | 342 km SW | 126 | 40.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
| Baume-les-Messieurs | 39 | 5.3 km S | 160 | 23.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chapaize | 71 | 72 km W | 167 | 24.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baume-les-Messieurs | 39 | 5.3 km S | 160 | 23.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chapaize | 71 | 72 km W | 167 | 24.1 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 % |
| Belval | 88 | 213 km NE | 148 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chazeaux | 07 | 261 km SW | 134 | 31 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Rozier | 48 | 342 km SW | 126 | 40.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 31 % · humidity 100 % |
| Biron | 24 | 438 km SW | 151 | 25.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Château-Chalon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goumois | 25 | 115 km NE | 181 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Besse | 15 | 313 km SW | 136 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mailly | 71 | 130 km SW | 148 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Thoiria | 39 | 26 km S | 183 | 26.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marigny | 39 | 15 km SE | 215 | 27.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pierrecourt | 70 | 99 km N | 103 | 20.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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