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Villette-lès-Dole

Jura · CA du Grand Dole · INSEE 39573

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Villette-lès-Dole (INSEE 39573) is in Jura (39), part of CA du Grand Dole. Population 806 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [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/39573-villette-les-dole

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 15,597 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 food0.422510.54
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0.32103.16
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.61106.07
Housing mix0.9954.95

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MAISON RAUSCHER). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE MAUBLAND). [4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MICHEL BENEZECH, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLETTE-LES-DOLE). [3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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]
Restaurant1MAISON RAUSCHERINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1CAFE MAUBLANDINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1MICHEL BENEZECH, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE VILLETTE-LES-DOLEINSEE BPE 1 [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]
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: 380 2023: 806 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 776 (2012) → 806 (2023): 3.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 728 (1990) → 806 (2023): 10.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 413, of which 0.5 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmFood shop — 0.5 km NW (Villette-lès-Dole)Bakery — 2.3 km S (Parcey)Pharmacy — 2.9 km N (Dole)
In the commune Primary school, GP Food shop — 0.5 km NWBakery — 2.3 km SPharmacy — 2.9 km N 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 (Parcey): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Villette-lès-Dole): 0.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Villette-lès-Dole): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Dole): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Villette-lès-Dole): 0 km to the west (straight line). [9]

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. [11]

Measured at the DOLE weather station, 2 km away at 212 m; the village itself is at 204 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at TAVAUX SA, 5.3 km away at 195 m, over 29 summers. [11]

An average of 1,026 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at DOLE, 2 km away at 212 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 — 39573/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39573/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39573/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39573/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39405
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39573
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39198
  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
Jossigny77286 km NW65059.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello60338 km NW98450.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Didier-sous-Aubenas07284 km S91968.2ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Roclincourt62415 km NW79437.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Carnin59429 km NW1,10533.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Bernard62417 km NW83934.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Didier-sous-Aubenas07284 km S91968.2ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Jossigny77286 km NW65059.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vaast-lès-Mello60338 km NW98450.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Roclincourt62415 km NW79437.1Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Bois-Bernard62417 km NW83934.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Carnin59429 km NW1,10533.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 55 % · 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 Villette-lès-Dole'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
Lans7154 km SW95235.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Tour-en-Jarez42193 km SW1,49534.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bettant01123 km S77434.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ambutrix01124 km S76036.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Chambœuf42187 km SW1,76754.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Laissaud73183 km S77852.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %