Villevieux

Identity

Villevieux (INSEE 39574) is in Jura (39), part of CC Bresse Haute Seille. Population 705 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/39574-villevieux

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 16,384 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 a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (LES METISSES). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 725 (2012) → 705 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 631 (1990) → 705 (2023): 11.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 385, of which 6.8 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bletterans): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villevieux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bletterans): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Bletterans): 1.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Villevieux): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LOMBARD weather station, 5.7 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 203 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LONS LE SAUNIER, 6.3 km away at 298 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 95 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,135 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LOMBARD, 5.7 km away at 242 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

32 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 158,480 € — 1,420 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Jura is 1,428 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

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 — 39574/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39574/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39574/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39574/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39056
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39574
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025