Frontenay
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Frontenay (INSEE 39244) is in Jura (39), part of CC Bresse Haute Seille. Population 155 (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/39244-frontenay
Vitality score
Vitality score 7.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 5 % of the 14,382 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.43 | 10 | 4.34 |
| Housing mix | 0.37 | 5 | 1.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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) | 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 169 (2012) → 155 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 166 (1990) → 155 (2023): -6.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 139, of which 31.7 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Domblans): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Passenans): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Voiteur): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Domblans): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Passenans): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the LE FIED_SAPC weather station, 8.1 km away at 522 m; the village itself is at 345 m. [11]
The village sits 177 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LONS LE SAUNIER, 12.7 km away at 298 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 1,265 mm of rain a year, spread over 137 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at DOMBLANS, 2.8 km away at 253 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 — 39244/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39244/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39244/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39244/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39199
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39407
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39582
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molosmes | 89 | 170 km NW | 155 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse | 52 | 133 km N | 155 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ordonnaz | 01 | 106 km S | 151 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 % |
| Gevrolles | 21 | 148 km NW | 162 | 7.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Ussel-d'Allier | 03 | 196 km W | 166 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vexaincourt | 88 | 218 km NE | 146 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordonnaz | 01 | 106 km S | 151 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 59 % · humidity 79 % |
| Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse | 52 | 133 km N | 155 | 7.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Gevrolles | 21 | 148 km NW | 162 | 7.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Molosmes | 89 | 170 km NW | 155 | 7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ussel-d'Allier | 03 | 196 km W | 166 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vexaincourt | 88 | 218 km NE | 146 | 6.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Frontenay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balnot-sur-Laignes | 10 | 167 km NW | 150 | 8.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bard-lès-Pesmes | 70 | 54 km N | 136 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Courban | 21 | 142 km NW | 140 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cemboing | 70 | 119 km N | 166 | 5.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Postolle | 89 | 233 km NW | 159 | 13.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Giey-sur-Aujon | 52 | 131 km N | 139 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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