Saffloz

Identity

Saffloz (INSEE 39473) is in Jura (39), part of CC Champagnole Nozeroy Jura. Population 91 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/39473-saffloz

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 9,654 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 105 (2012) → 91 (2023): -13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 85 (1990) → 91 (2023): 7.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 60, of which 30 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Chaux-du-Dombief): 8.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Marigny): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Doucier): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Doucier): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Doucier): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the CHAMPAGNOLE weather station, 10.2 km away at 537 m; the village itself is at 650 m. ^[11]

The village sits 113 m above 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 CHAMPAGNOLE, 10.2 km away at 537 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 113 m below 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 1,786 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LE FRASNOIS, 5.3 km away at 773 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 — 39473/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39473/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39473/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39473/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39131
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39313
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39201
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024