Villers-Farlay

Identity

Villers-Farlay (INSEE 39569) is in Jura (39), part of CC du Val d'Amour. Population 635 (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/39569-villers-farlay

Vitality score

Vitality score 36.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 16,821 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.

Services

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA PANETIERE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MIA PIZZA). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (VILLERS FARLAY AP). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 646 (2012) → 635 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 402 (1990) → 635 (2023): 58 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 279, of which 3.6 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villers-Farlay): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arc-et-Senans): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chamblay): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Mouchard): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Cramans): 2.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the ARBOIS weather station, 10.8 km away at 323 m; the village itself is at 236 m. ^[13]

The village sits 87 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. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at ARBOIS_SAPC, 11.5 km away at 313 m, over 21 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 77 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 1,157 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at CHISSEY, 3.2 km away at 226 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39569/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39569/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39569/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39569/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39569
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 25021
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39093
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39370
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39176
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024