Salins-les-Bains
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 66.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Salins-les-Bains (INSEE 39500) is in Jura (39), part of CC Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Coeur du Jura. Population 2,390 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/39500-salins-les-bains
Vitality score
Vitality score 66.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 98 % of the 8,509 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 | 0.67 | 25 | 16.63 |
| Social | 0.89 | 20 | 17.73 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.79 | 10 | 7.91 |
| Public & culture | 0.51 | 5 | 2.56 |
| Population trend | 0.16 | 10 | 1.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.75 | 5 | 3.77 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARTIN · L'EPI DU FAUBOURG · LA MI DO RE · FESTIVAL DES PAINS · PATISSERIE MATTIEU JACOULOT). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE SALINOISE). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (BI1 · SUPER U). [3,4]
11 × Restaurant (DA COSTA MARIA · RESTAURANT CHEZ KARINE · MARMARA · LES CAPUCINS). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (BRASSERIE LE COMMERCE · CAFE DE L'UNION). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOL MATE CHANTEMERLE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE OLIVET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE VICTOR CONSIDERANT · COLLEGE PRIVE). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MAUD ROUSSEL, MÉDECIN · BETTY CONSCIENCE, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE PRETOT, MÉDECIN · THIERRY DEVRED, MÉDECIN · DAMIEN POLLET, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU TRIANGLE D'OR). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
2 × Library (FONDS ANCIEN SALINS · BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SALINS-LES-BAINS). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (SALLES DES COMMUNES · LYCEE CLIMATIQUE VICTOR CONSIDERANT). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (LA PAUSE COIFFEE · LA COUP'ELLE · COULEUR DU TEMPS · SALON TIBO ROYER). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (GRAND HOTEL DES BAINS · HOTEL DES DEUX FORTS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 6 × Restaurant, 2 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | BOULANGERIE MARTIN · L'EPI DU FAUBOURG · LA MI DO RE · FESTIVAL DES PAINS · PATISSERIE MATTIEU JACOULOT | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE SALINOISE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 2 | BI1 · SUPER U | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 11 | DA COSTA MARIA · RESTAURANT CHEZ KARINE · MARMARA · LES CAPUCINS | INSEE BPE 11 / INSEE SIRENE 22 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | BRASSERIE LE COMMERCE · CAFE DE L'UNION | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOL MATE CHANTEMERLE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE OLIVET · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE VICTOR CONSIDERANT · COLLEGE PRIVE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | MAUD ROUSSEL, MÉDECIN · BETTY CONSCIENCE, MÉDECIN · CHRISTOPHE PRETOT, MÉDECIN · THIERRY DEVRED, MÉDECIN · DAMIEN POLLET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE DU TRIANGLE D'OR | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 2 | FONDS ANCIEN SALINS · BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNAUTAIRE DE SALINS-LES-BAINS | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | SALLES DES COMMUNES · LYCEE CLIMATIQUE VICTOR CONSIDERANT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 3 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 6 | LA PAUSE COIFFEE · LA COUP'ELLE · COULEUR DU TEMPS · SALON TIBO ROYER | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | GRAND HOTEL DES BAINS · HOTEL DES DEUX FORTS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,801 (2012) → 2,390 (2023): -14.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 3,629 (1990) → 2,390 (2023): -34.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,858, of which 12.3 % second homes and 16.8 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Salins-les-Bains): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Salins-les-Bains): 0.6 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Salins-les-Bains): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Mouchard): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Salins-les-Bains): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the PONT-D HERY weather station, 6.8 km away at 679 m; the village itself is at 339 m. [11]
The village sits 340 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 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ARBOIS_SAPC, 11.5 km away at 313 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 1,429 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 10 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at SALINS, 1.7 km away at 365 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 — 39500/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/360ae897-c7a5-32a2-b29d-1d6e6c5b870e— “Marché de Salins”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39500/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39500/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39500/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39500
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39370
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ychoux | 40 | 606 km SW | 2,338 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 81 % |
| Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine | 38 | 166 km S | 2,392 | 63.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot | 47 | 485 km SW | 2,397 | 60.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 % |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | 45 | 272 km W | 2,543 | 52.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gamaches | 80 | 465 km NW | 2,397 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain-du-Plain | 71 | 73 km W | 2,362 | 65.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-du-Plain | 71 | 73 km W | 2,362 | 65.8 | Served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine | 38 | 166 km S | 2,392 | 63.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | 45 | 272 km W | 2,543 | 52.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gamaches | 80 | 465 km NW | 2,397 | 61.8 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sylvestre-sur-Lot | 47 | 485 km SW | 2,397 | 60.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 % |
| Ychoux | 40 | 606 km SW | 2,338 | 57.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 31 % · winter 81 % |
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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 Salins-les-Bains'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine | 38 | 166 km S | 2,392 | 63.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire | 45 | 272 km W | 2,543 | 52.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe | 87 | 357 km W | 2,709 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Epfig | 67 | 198 km NE | 2,263 | 57.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Rœschwoog | 67 | 265 km NE | 2,275 | 60.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Polliat | 01 | 96 km SW | 2,741 | 64.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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