Tavaux
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 42.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Tavaux (INSEE 39526) is in Jura (39), part of CA du Grand Dole. Population 3,888 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/39526-tavaux
Vitality score
Vitality score 42.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 22 % of the 5,790 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 | 0.34 | 25 | 8.4 |
| Social | 0.55 | 20 | 11.07 |
| Education | 0.53 | 10 | 5.28 |
| Health | 0.11 | 10 | 1.11 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.39 | 10 | 3.86 |
| Housing mix | 0.98 | 5 | 4.92 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FRIANDINE · AU FOURNIL DE L'EGLISE). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LIVET). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (SUPRADIS). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · RESTAURANT TABOSA · TALLERS · LE BOSS FORT). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar. [4]
3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JOLIOT CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PERGAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS PASTEUR). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE DES VERNAUX MARIUS DAUBIGNEY). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE TAVAUX). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE TAVAUX). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE). [3]
3 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DOLE-TAVAUX). [3]
10 × Hairdresser (BEATRICE COIFFURE · SARL MESNIER · MARGARETH COIFFURE A DOMICILE · SYMPA' TIF · KARINE LA COIFFURE A VOTRE DOMICILE). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Supermarket, 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LA FRIANDINE · AU FOURNIL DE L'EGLISE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | BOUCHERIE LIVET | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | SUPRADIS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · RESTAURANT TABOSA · TALLERS · LE BOSS FORT | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 3 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JOLIOT CURIE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LOUIS PERGAUD · ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS PASTEUR | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE DES VERNAUX MARIUS DAUBIGNEY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE TAVAUX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE DE TAVAUX | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | GYMNASE PIERRE MENDES FRANCE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DOLE-TAVAUX | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 10 | BEATRICE COIFFURE · SARL MESNIER · MARGARETH COIFFURE A DOMICILE · SYMPA' TIF · KARINE LA COIFFURE A VOTRE DOMICILE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 4,067 (2012) → 3,888 (2023): -4.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 4,387 (1990) → 3,888 (2023): -11.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,085, of which 0.8 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Tavaux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Tavaux): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]
GP (Damparis): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Tavaux): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Tavaux): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the TAVAUX weather station, 0.5 km away at 193 m; the village itself is at 193 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at TAVAUX SA, 1.3 km away at 195 m, over 29 summers. [10]
An average of 921 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TAVAUX, 0.5 km away at 193 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39526/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39526/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39526/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39526/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39526
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39189
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hesdin-la-Forêt | 62 | 446 km NW | 4,480 | 64.7 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 69 % |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 72 | 416 km W | 4,693 | 55.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-à-Marcq | 59 | 422 km NW | 3,016 | 53.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domloup | 35 | 533 km W | 3,877 | 48.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 % |
| Argences | 14 | 475 km NW | 3,959 | 57.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 59 | 360 km N | 4,012 | 53.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe | 59 | 360 km N | 4,012 | 53.5 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe | 72 | 416 km W | 4,693 | 55.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pont-à-Marcq | 59 | 422 km NW | 3,016 | 53.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt | 62 | 446 km NW | 4,480 | 64.7 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 49 % · winter 69 % |
| Argences | 14 | 475 km NW | 3,959 | 57.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domloup | 35 | 533 km W | 3,877 | 48.4 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 46 % · 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 Tavaux'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davézieux | 07 | 205 km S | 3,205 | 69.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ribeauvillé | 68 | 192 km NE | 4,685 | 61.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brassac-les-Mines | 63 | 241 km SW | 3,412 | 47.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Herrlisheim | 67 | 265 km NE | 4,694 | 45.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Boulieu-lès-Annonay | 07 | 205 km S | 2,248 | 54.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Drusenheim | 67 | 270 km NE | 5,388 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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