Les Planches-en-Montagne

Identity

Les Planches-en-Montagne (INSEE 39424) is in Jura (39), part of CC Champagnole Nozeroy Jura. Population 152 (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/39424-les-planches-en-montagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 14,217 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

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

1 × Restaurant (MAIER STEFAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES PLANCHES EN MONTAGNE AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ART COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE TEMPS DE VIVRE). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 157 (2012) → 152 (2023): -3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 145 (1990) → 152 (2023): 4.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 36.5 % second homes and 8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Foncine-le-Haut): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chaux-des-Crotenay): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaux-des-Crotenay): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux): 9.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chaux-des-Crotenay): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 124 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST LAURENT - SA weather station, 8.8 km away at 880 m; the village itself is at 723 m. ^[11]

The village sits 157 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST LAURENT - SA, 8.8 km away at 880 m, over 10 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 157 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,666 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SYAM, 7 km away at 555 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39424/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39424/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39424/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39424/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39228
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39129
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39487
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024