Lajoux

Jura · CC Haut-Jura Saint-Claude · INSEE 39274

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

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lajoux (INSEE 39274) is in Jura (39), part of CC Haut-Jura Saint-Claude. Population 287 (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/39274-lajoux

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,752 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.96	10	9.57
Housing mix	0.22	5	1.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BRASSERIE DU LIZON). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

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	1	BRASSERIE DU LIZON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	LAJOUX AP	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 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

1968: 149 2023: 287 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 253 (2012) → 287 (2023): 13.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 197 (1990) → 287 (2023): 45.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 299, of which 39.1 % second homes and 13.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.2 km SEGP — 2.5 km NWBakery — 7.9 km SPharmacy — 8.2 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 (Lélex): 7.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mijoux): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Septmoncel les Molunes): 2.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Claude): 8.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Lajoux): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 141.2▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 1 day a year at or above 30 °C and 141 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the LAMOURA weather station, 1.8 km away at 1,124 m; the village itself is at 1,178 m. ^[13]

The village sits 54 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at LA PESSE, 12.7 km away at 1,133 m, over 27 summers. ^[13]

An average of 1,914 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 12.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at LAMOURA, 1.8 km away at 1,124 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39274/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39274/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39274/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39274/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01247
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39510
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39478
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39274
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
Saint-Martin-de-Pallières	83	310 km S	284	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Chalinargues	15	272 km SW	304	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Sougères-en-Puisaye	89	240 km NW	289	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Le Freney-d'Oisans	38	149 km S	260	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Sari-d'Orcino	2A	531 km SE	351	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %
Vandenesse	58	179 km W	287	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Freney-d'Oisans	38	149 km S	260	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 27 % · humidity 100 %
Vandenesse	58	179 km W	287	27.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Sougères-en-Puisaye	89	240 km NW	289	23.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Chalinargues	15	272 km SW	304	20.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-de-Pallières	83	310 km S	284	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Sari-d'Orcino	2A	531 km SE	351	31.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 5 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Lajoux'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
Bellefontaine	39	22 km N	494	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Étival	39	20 km NW	302	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Les Villedieu	25	45 km NE	233	21	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-du-Pré	73	108 km SE	258	12.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnevaux	74	55 km E	284	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
La Chaumusse	39	24 km N	389	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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