Amblans-et-Velotte

Haute-Saône · CC du Pays de Lure · INSEE 70014

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

Few services 25.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Amblans-et-Velotte (INSEE 70014) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC du Pays de Lure. Population 386 (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 25.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 18,020 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.87	10	8.74
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.78

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 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE D'AMBLANS ET VELOTTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (C' DANS L'HAIR). ^[3,4]

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. ^[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 [3,4]
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	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE D'AMBLANS ET VELOTTE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	C' DANS L'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 278 peak 2017: 396 2023: 386 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 382 (2012) → 386 (2023): 1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 281 (1990) → 386 (2023): 37.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 184, of which 2.2 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 4.6 km SEFood shop — 6.5 km EPharmacy — 6.5 km EGP — 6.9 km E 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 (Vy-lès-Lure): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lure): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lure): 6.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lure): 6.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Amblans-et-Velotte): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.6

Days at or below 0 °C 78.7

Muggy days a summer 1.5

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 79 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SAULX-DE-VESOUL weather station, 9.4 km away at 312 m; the village itself is at 303 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at LUXEUIL, 12.4 km away at 271 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,137 mm of rain a year, spread over 148 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LURE, 5.7 km away at 310 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 — 70014/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70014/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70014/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70014/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70581
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70310
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70014
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
Houldizy	08	269 km NW	394	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Noueilles	31	608 km SW	387	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Les Grandes-Chapelles	10	198 km NW	401	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude	62	387 km NW	389	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gratien	80	388 km NW	383	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Martigny	76	456 km NW	405	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Grandes-Chapelles	10	198 km NW	401	23.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Houldizy	08	269 km NW	394	23.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Boiry-Sainte-Rictrude	62	387 km NW	389	19	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gratien	80	388 km NW	383	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Martigny	76	456 km NW	405	18.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 24 % · humidity 93 %
Noueilles	31	608 km SW	387	26.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Amblans-et-Velotte'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
Césarches	73	220 km S	441	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
La Bénisson-Dieu	42	247 km SW	429	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Spoy	21	95 km W	386	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Villers-lès-Luxeuil	70	14 km NW	310	23.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Grandvelle-et-le-Perrenot	70	36 km SW	383	24.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Trésilley	70	38 km SW	287	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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