Molay

Jura · CC de la Plaine Jurassienne · INSEE 39338

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

No daily shops 17.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Molay (INSEE 39338) is in Jura (39), part of CC de la Plaine Jurassienne. Population 505 (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 17.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 17,772 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	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.46	10	4.62
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

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 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 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: 412 peak 1982: 529 2023: 505 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 509 (2012) → 505 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 525 (1990) → 505 (2023): -3.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 262, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 2.0 km NWPrimary school — 2.1 km NWPharmacy — 2.6 km NGP — 4.7 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 (Tavaux): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Molay): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Damparis): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Tavaux): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Tavaux): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.2

Days at or below 0 °C 69.9

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the TAVAUX weather station, 2.6 km away at 193 m; the village itself is at 193 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at TAVAUX SA, 2.8 km away at 195 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 921 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at TAVAUX, 2.6 km away at 193 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 — 39338/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39338/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39338/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39338/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39526
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39338
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39189
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
Les Fontenelles	25	102 km E	537	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Wadelincourt	08	299 km N	447	15.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Bû	14	468 km NW	436	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %
Saessolsheim	67	244 km NE	604	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Cayrac	82	445 km SW	570	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Mesnac	16	463 km W	404	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Fontenelles	25	102 km E	537	21.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Saessolsheim	67	244 km NE	604	23.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Wadelincourt	08	299 km N	447	15.9	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cayrac	82	445 km SW	570	23.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Mesnac	16	463 km W	404	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 69 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Pierre-du-Bû	14	468 km NW	436	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 42 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Molay'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
Souligny	10	170 km NW	381	19.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Chanac-les-Mines	19	339 km SW	437	9.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Myon	63	209 km SW	544	17	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Trinité	73	178 km S	381	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Baugy	71	133 km SW	499	11.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Laperrière-sur-Saône	21	12 km NW	432	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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