Val-d'Épy

Jura · CC Porte du Jura · INSEE 39209

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

Few services 20.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Val-d'Épy (INSEE 39209) is in Jura (39), part of CC Porte du Jura. Population 322 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Commune nouvelle formed on 2018-01-01 from 4 former communes: La Balme-d'Épy (39036), Florentia (39226), Nantey (39382), Senaud (39509). ^[3]

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 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 17,980 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	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.7	10	6.97
Housing mix	0.48	5	2.39

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 1 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”.

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[4,5]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (O PRE DE CHEZ VOUS). ^[4,5]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-LAURE HEBERT-PONCET, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,5]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	O PRE DE CHEZ VOUS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [5]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANNE-LAURE HEBERT-PONCET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 364 peak 2012: 370 2023: 322 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 370 (2012) → 322 (2023): -13 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 322 (2023): 19.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 253, of which 26.1 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune GP Food shop — 1.1 km SPrimary school — 3.8 km WBakery — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 4.1 km W 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 (Coligny): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Val-d'Épy): 1.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Val-d'Épy): 0.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Coligny): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Coligny): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16

Days at or below 0 °C 83.7

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST JULIEN - SA weather station, 3.8 km away at 361 m; the village itself is at 378 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ST JULIEN - SA, 3.8 km away at 361 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,343 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST JULIEN - SA, 3.8 km away at 361 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 — 39209/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE COG 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39209/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39209/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39209/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01108
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39209
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
Dyo	71	86 km W	325	14.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sazeray	36	257 km W	291	12.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 57 %
Bozas	07	159 km S	255	16.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Montreuil-le-Chétif	72	459 km NW	318	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Paulmy	37	354 km W	238	13.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Ribagnac	24	422 km SW	344	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dyo	71	86 km W	325	14.4	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bozas	07	159 km S	255	16.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Sazeray	36	257 km W	291	12.2	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 57 %
Paulmy	37	354 km W	238	13.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 %
Ribagnac	24	422 km SW	344	18	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Montreuil-le-Chétif	72	459 km NW	318	17.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Val-d'Épy'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
La Crouzille	63	205 km W	262	7.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Juéry	12	347 km SW	256	7.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Brion	71	107 km NW	303	8.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Lamblore	28	419 km NW	318	9.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-la-Pouge	23	267 km W	355	32.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Sérandon	19	263 km SW	343	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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