Chassal-Molinges
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 34.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chassal-Molinges (INSEE 39339) is in Jura (39), part of CC Haut-Jura Saint-Claude. Population 1,113 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Commune nouvelle formed on 2019-01-01 from 1 former commune: Chassal (39113). [3]
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/39339-chassal-molinges
Vitality score
Vitality score 34.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 44 % of the 13,675 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.39 | 20 | 7.87 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.6 | 10 | 5.95 |
| Housing mix | 0.94 | 5 | 4.7 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [4,5]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON CHALUMEAU). [4,5]
1 × Restaurant. [4,5]
1 × Café / bar. [5]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [4]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CHAPPEZ). [4,5]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MOLINGES AP). [4]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CHASSAL-MOLINGES). [4]
2 × Hairdresser (ASLI COIFFURE). [4,5]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL AKENA LA BROCATELLE). [4,5]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, GP (médecin généraliste). [4,5]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MAISON CHALUMEAU | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [5] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE CHAPPEZ | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,5] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MOLINGES AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE CHASSAL-MOLINGES | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 2 | ASLI COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,5] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,5] | |
| Hotel | 1 | HÔTEL AKENA LA BROCATELLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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
Population 1,135 (2012) → 1,113 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,016 (1990) → 1,113 (2023): 9.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 561, of which 3 % second homes and 10.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chassal-Molinges): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [10]
GP (Lavans-lès-Saint-Claude): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). [11]
Pharmacy (Chassal-Molinges): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Chassal-Molinges): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the LA PESSE weather station, 8.4 km away at 1,133 m; the village itself is at 369 m. [12]
The village sits 764 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. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at LA PESSE, 8.4 km away at 1,133 m, over 27 summers. [12]
That station sits 764 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,623 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at CHASSAL, 3.2 km away at 375 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39339/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE COG 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39339/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39339/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39339/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39339
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39547
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39286
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prunay-le-Gillon | 28 | 383 km NW | 1,164 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Galaure | 26 | 145 km SW | 1,250 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Coteaux-du-Blanzacais | 16 | 454 km W | 1,013 | 39.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 57 % |
| Giroussens | 81 | 426 km SW | 1,571 | 48.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 % |
| Chantenay-Saint-Imbert | 58 | 202 km W | 1,073 | 34.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ajain | 23 | 290 km W | 1,019 | 37.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Galaure | 26 | 145 km SW | 1,250 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chantenay-Saint-Imbert | 58 | 202 km W | 1,073 | 34.4 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ajain | 23 | 290 km W | 1,019 | 37.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Prunay-le-Gillon | 28 | 383 km NW | 1,164 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Giroussens | 81 | 426 km SW | 1,571 | 48.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 80 % · humidity 50 % |
| Coteaux-du-Blanzacais | 16 | 454 km W | 1,013 | 39.3 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · 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 Chassal-Molinges'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prunay-le-Gillon | 28 | 383 km NW | 1,164 | 36.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Givonne | 08 | 379 km N | 1,055 | 36.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Alquines | 62 | 561 km NW | 973 | 54 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Uriménil | 88 | 200 km N | 1,323 | 30.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique | 02 | 396 km NW | 990 | 56.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montchevreuil | 60 | 430 km NW | 1,326 | 33.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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