Baulay
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 20/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Baulay (INSEE 70056) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Terres de Saône. Population 322 (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 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 42 % of the 17,980 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 | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.53 |
| Housing mix | 0.77 | 5 | 3.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (AU BON ACCUEIL). [4]
1 × Hairdresser (CHANGER D'HAIR). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 2 | AU BON ACCUEIL | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | CHANGER D'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
Population 333 (2012) → 322 (2023): -3.3 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 338 (1990) → 322 (2023): -4.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 189, of which 11.6 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Amance): 4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Amance): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Amance): 4 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Amance): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Aboncourt-Gesincourt): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MONTUREUX-LES-B weather station, 4 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 216 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VENISEY, 5.6 km away at 243 m, over 21 summers. [10]
An average of 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MONTUREUX-LES-B, 4 km away at 217 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70056/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70056/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70056/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70056/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70012
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70002
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel-de-Plélan | 22 | 615 km W | 334 | 23 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Houblonnière | 14 | 460 km W | 324 | 23.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nantillé | 17 | 537 km W | 325 | 21.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 64 % |
| Imbleville | 76 | 428 km NW | 321 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bertrambois | 54 | 116 km NE | 320 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vauchamps | 51 | 215 km NW | 338 | 22.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bertrambois | 54 | 116 km NE | 320 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vauchamps | 51 | 215 km NW | 338 | 22.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 % |
| Imbleville | 76 | 428 km NW | 321 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Houblonnière | 14 | 460 km W | 324 | 23.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 % |
| Nantillé | 17 | 537 km W | 325 | 21.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 32 % · humidity 64 % |
| Saint-Michel-de-Plélan | 22 | 615 km W | 334 | 23 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · 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 Baulay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bossieu | 38 | 272 km S | 326 | 21.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nogna | 39 | 135 km S | 308 | 24.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villard-d'Héry | 73 | 253 km S | 270 | 24 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Plaines-Saint-Lange | 10 | 116 km W | 266 | 14 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chalèze | 25 | 58 km S | 366 | 18.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Gervazy | 63 | 339 km SW | 340 | 13.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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