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Larnaud

Jura · CC Bresse Haute Seille · INSEE 39279

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Larnaud (INSEE 39279) is in Jura (39), part of CC Bresse Haute Seille. Population 608 (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/39279-larnaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 16,983 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.85108.54
Housing mix0.9154.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 277 2023: 608 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 544 (2012) → 608 (2023): 11.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 449 (1990) → 608 (2023): 35.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 4.7 % second homes and 3.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 2.9 km N (Villevieux)Bakery — 3.8 km N (Bletterans)GP — 3.8 km N (Bletterans)Pharmacy — 3.8 km N (Bletterans)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.9 km NBakery — 3.8 km NGP — 3.8 km NPharmacy — 3.8 km N 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 (Bletterans): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Villevieux): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]

GP (Bletterans): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Bletterans): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Larnaud): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LONS LE SAUNIER weather station, 5.3 km away at 298 m; the village itself is at 219 m. [11]

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. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at LONS LE SAUNIER, 5.3 km away at 298 m, over 30 summers. [11]

That station sits 79 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]

An average of 1,141 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LONS LE SAUNIER, 5.3 km away at 298 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 170,000 € — 882 € per m² of built surface. [12]

The median across Jura is 1,428 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39279/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39279/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39279/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39279/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39056
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39574
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39279
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Mériot10251 km NW61124.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Souvigné-sur-Sarthe72458 km W60322.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Boissy-Mauvoisin78383 km NW61522.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Monchaux-Soreng76459 km NW60718.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Rocheville50608 km NW62020.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Tarabel31463 km SW60124.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Mériot10251 km NW61124.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Boissy-Mauvoisin78383 km NW61522.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Souvigné-sur-Sarthe72458 km W60322.4Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 95 %
Monchaux-Soreng76459 km NW60718.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 86 %
Tarabel31463 km SW60124.6Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Rocheville50608 km NW62020.7Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · 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 Larnaud'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Mériot10251 km NW61124.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Noisy-Rudignon77262 km NW58021.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Crotelles37361 km W64923.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saunay37353 km W64021.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Collemiers89232 km NW66323.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saligny89230 km NW64721.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %