Saint-Claude
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 63.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Claude (INSEE 39478) is in Jura (39), part of CC Haut-Jura Saint-Claude. Population 8,386 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/39478-saint-claude
Vitality score
Vitality score 63.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 83 % of the 2,913 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 | 0.52 | 25 | 12.94 |
| Social | 0.99 | 20 | 19.71 |
| Education | 0.71 | 10 | 7.13 |
| Health | 0.61 | 10 | 6.1 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.16 | 10 | 1.6 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (VIAL - MEHRAZ - MAISON VIAL · EURO BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE · DELICES DE L'ABBAYE). [3,4]
3 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DOUVRES JEAN-PIERRE · CAN ZEKERIYA). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL · MIRA). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (LIDL · TORINE). [3,4]
21 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT GRILL LE P'TIT MACHON · LE BAR CENTRAL · LA SANDWICHERIE SAN CLAUDIENNE · THE CLUB SPAGHETTI BAR BY ANTHONY DAMBRA · LA CROTONESE). [3,4]
15 × Café / bar (L'HAVANA CLUB · BAR LE PROGRES · LA TERANGA · BAR DU MARCHE - CHEZ BINETT · CHEZ KAT). [4]
3 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE MOUTON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE ROSSET). [3]
5 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE TRUCHET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES AVIGNONNETS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FAUBOURG · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE PRE SAINT SAUVEUR). [3]
7 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JONATHAN TROUPEL, MÉDECIN · TRISTAN PERRIER, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS GIROD, MÉDECIN · LUCIE BOCCARD, MÉDECIN · CECILE SCHWETTERLE, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE JULLIARD · PHARMACIE DE L EPICEA). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT CLAUDE AVIGNONNETS AP · LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (MEDIATHÈQUE HAUT-JURA SAINT-CLAUDE LE DÔME · MAISON DE LA POÉSIE TRANSJURASSIENNE). [3]
1 × Cinema (MAISON DU PEUPLE 2). [3]
4 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DE LA CITE SCOLAIRE PRE SAINT SAUVEUR · PALAIS DES SPORTS · CENTRE SPORTIF DU VAL DE BIENNE · GYMNASE DES AVIGNONNETS). [3]
8 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE HAUT JURA · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · SOCIETE GENERALE). [3]
14 × Hairdresser (LETERME SYLVIANE · TIF'ANNICK · CARRE SIMPLE · BULLE D'HAIR · COIFF' R). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
3 × Hotel (JURA HOTEL RESTAURANT LE PANORAMIC · HOTEL SAINT HUBERT · HOTEL DE LA POSTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Supermarket, 9 × Restaurant, 1 × Collège, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 2 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 4 | VIAL - MEHRAZ - MAISON VIAL · EURO BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE · DELICES DE L'ABBAYE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 3 | BOUCHERIE DOUVRES JEAN-PIERRE · CAN ZEKERIYA | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | VIVAL · MIRA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | LIDL · TORINE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 21 | RESTAURANT GRILL LE P'TIT MACHON · LE BAR CENTRAL · LA SANDWICHERIE SAN CLAUDIENNE · THE CLUB SPAGHETTI BAR BY ANTHONY DAMBRA · LA CROTONESE | INSEE BPE 21 / INSEE SIRENE 42 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 15 | L'HAVANA CLUB · BAR LE PROGRES · LA TERANGA · BAR DU MARCHE - CHEZ BINETT · CHEZ KAT | INSEE SIRENE 15 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 3 | ECOLE MATERNELLE MOUTON · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE MATERNELLE ROSSET | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 5 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE TRUCHET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES AVIGNONNETS · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FAUBOURG · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CENTRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE PRE SAINT SAUVEUR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 7 | JONATHAN TROUPEL, MÉDECIN · TRISTAN PERRIER, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS GIROD, MÉDECIN · LUCIE BOCCARD, MÉDECIN · CECILE SCHWETTERLE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE JULLIARD · PHARMACIE DE L EPICEA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | SAINT CLAUDE AVIGNONNETS AP · LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 2 | MEDIATHÈQUE HAUT-JURA SAINT-CLAUDE LE DÔME · MAISON DE LA POÉSIE TRANSJURASSIENNE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | MAISON DU PEUPLE 2 | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 4 | GYMNASE DE LA CITE SCOLAIRE PRE SAINT SAUVEUR · PALAIS DES SPORTS · CENTRE SPORTIF DU VAL DE BIENNE · GYMNASE DES AVIGNONNETS | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 8 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE HAUT JURA · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · SOCIETE GENERALE | INSEE BPE 8 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 14 | LETERME SYLVIANE · TIF'ANNICK · CARRE SIMPLE · BULLE D'HAIR · COIFF' R | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 3 | JURA HOTEL RESTAURANT LE PANORAMIC · HOTEL SAINT HUBERT · HOTEL DE LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 10,534 (2012) → 8,386 (2023): -20.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 12,704 (1990) → 8,386 (2023): -34 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 5,642, of which 5.1 % second homes and 20.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Claude): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Claude): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Claude): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Claude): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Claude): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the ST CLAUDE weather station, 6.4 km away at 580 m; the village itself is at 437 m. [9]
The village sits 143 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at LA PESSE, 9.7 km away at 1,133 m, over 27 summers. [9]
That station sits 696 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,623 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CHASSAL, 5.4 km away at 375 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
147 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 140,000 € — 1,257 € per m² of built surface. [10]
552 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 56,000 € — 703 € per m². [10]
The median across Jura is 1,428 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
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
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39478/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39478/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39478/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39478/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39478
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournan-en-Brie | 77 | 350 km NW | 8,274 | 65.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 % |
| Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône | 13 | 344 km S | 8,573 | 59.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 % |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 71 | 82 km W | 8,227 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Meximieux | 01 | 75 km SW | 8,247 | 77 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 % |
| Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue | 84 | 275 km S | 8,913 | 57.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pithiviers | 45 | 337 km NW | 8,856 | 75.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 55 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meximieux | 01 | 75 km SW | 8,247 | 77 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 % |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon | 71 | 82 km W | 8,227 | 58.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue | 84 | 275 km S | 8,913 | 57.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 % |
| Pithiviers | 45 | 337 km NW | 8,856 | 75.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 55 % |
| Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône | 13 | 344 km S | 8,573 | 59.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 26 % · humidity 0 % |
| Tournan-en-Brie | 77 | 350 km NW | 8,274 | 65.5 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · 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 Saint-Claude'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Tour-du-Pin | 38 | 98 km S | 8,111 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| L'Arbresle | 69 | 114 km SW | 6,537 | 63 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rumilly | 74 | 58 km S | 16,442 | 65 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Ravoire | 73 | 93 km S | 9,332 | 65.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Challes-les-Eaux | 73 | 94 km S | 5,630 | 56.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Reignier-Ésery | 74 | 42 km SE | 8,464 | 61.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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