Saint-Lothain

Jura · CC Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Coeur du Jura · INSEE 39489

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 28.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Lothain (INSEE 39489) is in Jura (39), part of CC Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Coeur du Jura. Population 463 (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 28.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 17,923 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.08
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.78

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT LOTHAIN AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LA MAISON DU HAUT). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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		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	SAINT LOTHAIN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	LA MAISON DU HAUT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 425 peak 2017: 471 2023: 463 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 466 (2012) → 463 (2023): -0.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 418 (1990) → 463 (2023): 10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 278, of which 12.2 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.2 km WBakery — 4.3 km EGP — 4.5 km EPharmacy — 4.8 km E 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 (Poligny): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Darbonnay): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Poligny): 4.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Poligny): 4.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Lothain): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 66.6

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the COLONNE weather station, 7.3 km away at 244 m; the village itself is at 301 m. ^[11]

The village sits 57 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ARBOIS_SAPC, 10.8 km away at 313 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,187 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at COLONNE, 7.3 km away at 244 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39489/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39489/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39489/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39489/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39434
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39489
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
Pessac-sur-Dordogne	33	485 km SW	448	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 72 %
Rilly-sur-Vienne	37	392 km W	458	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Mantoche	70	67 km N	458	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Preuilly	18	265 km W	477	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	304 km NW	443	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Verrières-de-Joux	25	62 km E	464	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Verrières-de-Joux	25	62 km E	464	28.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Mantoche	70	67 km N	458	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Preuilly	18	265 km W	477	33.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Coulonges-Cohan	02	304 km NW	443	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rilly-sur-Vienne	37	392 km W	458	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 100 %
Pessac-sur-Dordogne	33	485 km SW	448	29.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · 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 Saint-Lothain'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
Courgenard	72	397 km NW	454	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Rahon	39	23 km NW	444	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Barbazan	31	578 km SW	512	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Crouy-sur-Cosson	41	318 km W	507	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Montiéramey	10	186 km NW	398	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Touillon	21	130 km NW	461	18.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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