Les Moussières

Jura · CC Haut-Jura Saint-Claude · INSEE 39373

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 34.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Moussières (INSEE 39373) is in Jura (39), part of CC Haut-Jura Saint-Claude. Population 174 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/39373-les-moussieres

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 15,155 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.34	10	3.45
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES EPICIERES DU HAUT). ^[4,3]

1 × Restaurant (HAUT METS GHANE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (AUBERGE DE CHOUX). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES MOUSSIERES AP). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LES EPICIERES DU HAUT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	HAUT METS GHANE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	AUBERGE DE CHOUX	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	LES MOUSSIERES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 226 2023: 174 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 190 (2012) → 174 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 206 (1990) → 174 (2023): -15.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 189, of which 54 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 0.5 km SEBakery — 4.8 km SEGP — 5.1 km SWPharmacy — 7.1 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 (Lélex): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Moussières): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Pesse): 5.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Claude): 7.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Les Moussières): 0.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 1.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 125.2▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA PESSE weather station, 4.4 km away at 1,133 m; the village itself is at 1,157 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA PESSE, 4.4 km away at 1,133 m, over 27 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,649 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA PESSE, 4.4 km away at 1,133 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 — 39373/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39373/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39373/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39373/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39373
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39413
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39478
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
Alzon	30	325 km SW	194	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert	26	201 km S	206	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Tréminis	38	176 km S	198	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 61 %
Ascros	06	282 km S	174	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Donat	63	263 km W	198	25.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Briançonnet	06	282 km S	165	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Tréminis	38	176 km S	198	30.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Nazaire-le-Désert	26	201 km S	206	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Donat	63	263 km W	198	25.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Ascros	06	282 km S	174	36.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Briançonnet	06	282 km S	165	21.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Alzon	30	325 km SW	194	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 19 % · 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 Les Moussières'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
Les Planches-en-Montagne	39	38 km N	152	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Champclause	43	199 km SW	201	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Muret	48	284 km SW	193	15.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Pinols	43	239 km SW	181	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Lac-d'Issarlès	07	220 km SW	247	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sembadel	43	207 km SW	247	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

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