Ruffey-sur-Seille
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 50.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Ruffey-sur-Seille (INSEE 39471) is in Jura (39), part of CC Bresse Haute Seille. Population 738 (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 50.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 91 % of the 16,127 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.73 | 10 | 7.26 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA TUILE GOURMANDE). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DE LA SEILLE). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (GONE TRUCK). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (RUFFEY SUR SEILLE RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RUFFEY-SUR-SEILLE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DE CLAUDIE · STYLE CREA'TIF). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LA TUILE GOURMANDE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE DE LA SEILLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | GONE TRUCK | 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 | 1 | RUFFEY SUR SEILLE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE RUFFEY-SUR-SEILLE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 4 | L'ATELIER DE CLAUDIE · STYLE CREA'TIF | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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
Population 735 (2012) → 738 (2023): 0.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 602 (1990) → 738 (2023): 22.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 395, of which 6.1 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Ruffey-sur-Seille): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Ruffey-sur-Seille): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Bletterans): 2.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bletterans): 3.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Ruffey-sur-Seille): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LOMBARD weather station, 4.2 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 210 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LONS LE SAUNIER, 5.9 km away at 298 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 88 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 1,135 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LOMBARD, 4.2 km away at 242 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
42 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 161,288 € — 1,426 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Jura is 1,428 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39471/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39471/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39471/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39471/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39471
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39056
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sambin | 41 | 327 km W | 862 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 % |
| Vallières-les-Grandes | 41 | 338 km W | 943 | 59.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 % |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois | 37 | 370 km W | 732 | 48.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lhomme | 72 | 389 km W | 933 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 68 % |
| Chepniers | 17 | 478 km W | 697 | 48 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 % |
| Brégnier-Cordon | 01 | 122 km S | 804 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brégnier-Cordon | 01 | 122 km S | 804 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sambin | 41 | 327 km W | 862 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 % |
| Vallières-les-Grandes | 41 | 338 km W | 943 | 59.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 91 % |
| Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois | 37 | 370 km W | 732 | 48.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lhomme | 72 | 389 km W | 933 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 68 % |
| Chepniers | 17 | 478 km W | 697 | 48 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 % |
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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 Ruffey-sur-Seille'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sers | 16 | 418 km W | 896 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Millançay | 41 | 292 km W | 716 | 46.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Neuvy-Grandchamp | 71 | 120 km W | 752 | 31.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Thiel-sur-Acolin | 03 | 148 km W | 1,027 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cognat-Lyonne | 03 | 182 km W | 706 | 39.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Ferrière-en-Parthenay | 79 | 425 km W | 774 | 37.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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