Montholier

Jura · CC Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Coeur du Jura · INSEE 39354

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

Few services 29.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montholier (INSEE 39354) is in Jura (39), part of CC Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Coeur du Jura. Population 365 (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 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 18,070 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	5	0
Population trend	0.78	10	7.76
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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	1		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	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: 259 2023: 365 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 339 (2012) → 365 (2023): 7.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 286 (1990) → 365 (2023): 27.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 4.8 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.5 km NWBakery — 1.7 km NWPharmacy — 7.7 km SEGP — 8.1 km SE 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 (Aumont): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aumont): 1.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Poligny): 8.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Poligny): 7.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montholier): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.3

Days at or below 0 °C 64.3

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COLONNE weather station, 6.5 km away at 244 m; the village itself is at 270 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ARBOIS_SAPC, 7.3 km away at 313 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,187 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COLONNE, 6.5 km away at 244 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 — 39354/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39354/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39354/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39354/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39434
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39354
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
Auberives-en-Royans	38	206 km S	367	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Morchain	80	381 km NW	362	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Morette	38	180 km S	358	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
La Vallée-au-Blé	02	357 km N	355	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sixte	47	488 km SW	363	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Dreuilhe	09	531 km SW	360	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Morette	38	180 km S	358	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Auberives-en-Royans	38	206 km S	367	27.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Vallée-au-Blé	02	357 km N	355	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Morchain	80	381 km NW	362	30.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sixte	47	488 km SW	363	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 %
Dreuilhe	09	531 km SW	360	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · 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 Montholier'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
Dreuilhe	09	531 km SW	360	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Relans	39	21 km SW	348	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Hettenschlag	68	184 km NE	357	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chitry	89	175 km NW	346	26.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cosges	39	25 km SW	367	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Noironte	25	45 km NE	405	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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