Villards-d'Héria
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 17.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Villards-d'Héria (INSEE 39561) is in Jura (39), part of CC Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. Population 397 (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 17.2/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 25 % of the 18,022 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.52 | 10 | 5.15 |
| Housing mix | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 443 (2012) → 397 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 391 (1990) → 397 (2023): 1.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 234, of which 18.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Moirans-en-Montagne): 1.7 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Crenans): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Moirans-en-Montagne): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Moirans-en-Montagne): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Villards-d'Héria): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CERNON weather station, 6.4 km away at 500 m; the village itself is at 641 m. [11]
The village sits 141 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 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at CHAUX-DES-PRES-INRAE, 14.6 km away at 854 m, over 10 summers. [11]
That station sits 213 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,563 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 11.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CERNON, 6.4 km away at 500 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 — 39561/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39561/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39561/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39561/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39333
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39179
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39561
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandfontaine | 67 | 254 km NE | 398 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rozoy-le-Vieil | 45 | 283 km NW | 393 | 22.7 | Few services | no figures |
| Verlin | 89 | 260 km NW | 406 | 21.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 % |
| Argis | 01 | 57 km S | 419 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
| Beauronne | 24 | 440 km W | 372 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 49 % · humidity 36 % |
| Anglars-Nozac | 46 | 383 km SW | 400 | 21.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 20 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argis | 01 | 57 km S | 419 | 17.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
| Grandfontaine | 67 | 254 km NE | 398 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verlin | 89 | 260 km NW | 406 | 21.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rozoy-le-Vieil | 45 | 283 km NW | 393 | 22.7 | Few services | no figures |
| Anglars-Nozac | 46 | 383 km SW | 400 | 21.7 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 20 % · humidity 71 % |
| Beauronne | 24 | 440 km W | 372 | 18.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 49 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Villards-d'Héria'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presle | 73 | 112 km S | 424 | 21.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Marc-à-Frongier | 23 | 283 km W | 428 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Borne | 43 | 210 km SW | 403 | 22.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Didier-de-Bizonnes | 38 | 110 km S | 341 | 24 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Biffontaine | 88 | 215 km N | 390 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sonthonnax-la-Montagne | 01 | 26 km SW | 293 | 20.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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