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Thervay

Jura · CC Jura Nord · INSEE 39528

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

Few services 22.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Thervay (INSEE 39528) is in Jura (39), part of CC Jura Nord. Population 384 (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/39528-thervay

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 18,015 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.75107.51
Housing mix0.7953.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 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 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (THERVAY AP). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1THERVAY APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 364 peak 2017: 385 2023: 384 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 370 (2012) → 384 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 307 (1990) → 384 (2023): 25.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 10.5 % second homes and 10 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.1 km E (Ougney)Food shop — 5.0 km NW (Pesmes)GP — 5.0 km NW (Pesmes)Bakery — 5.1 km NW (Pesmes)Pharmacy — 6.8 km E (Pagney)
Primary school — 4.1 km EFood shop — 5.0 km NWGP — 5.0 km NWBakery — 5.1 km NWPharmacy — 6.8 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 (Pesmes): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pesmes): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

GP (Pesmes): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pagney): 6.8 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Ougney): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the FRAISANS weather station, 16.1 km away at 254 m; the village itself is at 204 m. [11]

The village sits 50 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]

An average of 1,035 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at MOISSEY, 9 km away at 256 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 — 39528/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39528/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39528/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39528/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70408
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39402
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39398
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Laifour08304 km N39916No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %
René72419 km W38722Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 73 %
Nolléval76394 km NW41722.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 38 %
Saint-Julia31509 km SW41827.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 32 %
Serain02350 km NW38019.8No daily shopsno figures
La Celle-Guenand37359 km W37918.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Laifour08304 km N39916No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 91 %
Serain02350 km NW38019.8No daily shopsno figures
La Celle-Guenand37359 km W37918.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 59 %
Nolléval76394 km NW41722.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 38 %
René72419 km W38722Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Julia31509 km SW41827.7Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 32 %

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