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La Vieille-Loye

Jura · CC du Val d'Amour · INSEE 39559

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

Few services 21.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Vieille-Loye (INSEE 39559) is in Jura (39), part of CC du Val d'Amour. Population 405 (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/39559-la-vieille-loye

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 18,030 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
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.63106.31
Housing mix0.854

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA VIEILLE LOYE AP). [3]

1 × Hotel (LA CLAIRIERE DE CHAUX). [3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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]
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 / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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 postale1LA VIEILLE LOYE 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 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1LA CLAIRIERE DE CHAUXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 344 2023: 405 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 390 (2012) → 405 (2023): 3.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 358 (1990) → 405 (2023): 13.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 220, of which 10 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.7 km SW (Augerans)GP — 5.9 km W (La Loye)Bakery — 6.1 km W (La Loye)Pharmacy — 7.2 km SW (Mont-sous-Vaudrey)
In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.7 km SWGP — 5.9 km WBakery — 6.1 km WPharmacy — 7.2 km SW 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 (La Loye): 6.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Augerans): 4.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (La Loye): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Mont-sous-Vaudrey): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (La Vieille-Loye): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the DOLE weather station, 10.6 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 240 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at TAVAUX SA, 15.6 km away at 195 m, over 29 summers. [12]

An average of 1,157 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CHISSEY, 7.3 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

What property sold for

28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 154,500 € — 1,435 € per m² of built surface. [13]

The median across Jura is 1,428 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [13]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39559/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39559/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39559/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39559/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39305
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39026
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39365
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39559
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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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
Mareuil16465 km W39821.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %
Annoire3929 km W42320.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Autrèche37354 km W41923Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Celon36320 km W38720.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-d'Ordon89214 km NW41925.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Antoingt63255 km SW41321.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Annoire3929 km W42320.5Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Martin-d'Ordon89214 km NW41925.4Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Antoingt63255 km SW41321.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Celon36320 km W38720.3Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Autrèche37354 km W41923Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Mareuil16465 km W39821.2Few servicesSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 86 %

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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 La Vieille-Loye'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Antoingt63255 km SW41321.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Val-de-Mercy89169 km NW36322.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vitry-sur-Loire71152 km W42817.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montbarrey392.6 km S30423Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Ronsenac16449 km W57120.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villard-Léger73176 km S43322.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %