Morbier

Identity

Morbier (INSEE 39367) is in Jura (39), part of CC Haut-Jura Arcade Communauté. Population 2,456 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/39367-morbier

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 8,356 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU FOURNIL DE MORBIER). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR F. SIMON). ^[3]

1 × Supermarket (U EXPRESS). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SARL SAVOIE LORRAINE · LE COL DE LA SAVINE · ALLO KEBAB · FRIASS PIZZA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE JOKER). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JACQUES LAPORTE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DOUCEY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MORBIER RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE - MORBIER). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (AU P'TIT SALON · AUX COULEURS DE PERRINE · ML BEAUTY). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA BUCLE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 2,290 (2012) → 2,456 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,122 (1990) → 2,456 (2023): 15.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,456, of which 9.8 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Morbier): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Morbier): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Morbier): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Morbier): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Morbier): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 104 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LES ROUSSES weather station, 7 km away at 1,110 m; the village itself is at 818 m. ^[10]

The village sits 292 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST LAURENT - SA, 7.2 km away at 880 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 62 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 2,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 153 days — about 13.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BELLEFONTAINE, 4.4 km away at 1,030 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39367/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/1b397c32-6cdc-36bd-a7f5-a7fb3e2c28a7— “Marché hebdomadaire - Morbier”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39367/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39367/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39367/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39367
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024