Belfahy

Haute-Saône · CC des 1000 étangs · INSEE 70061

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 16 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Belfahy (INSEE 70061) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des 1000 étangs. Population 83 (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/70061-belfahy

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 16 % of the 8,780 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.69	10	6.86
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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	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)	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	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0	INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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: 114 2023: 83 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 79 (2012) → 83 (2023): 5.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 70 (1990) → 83 (2023): 18.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 126, of which 59.5 % second homes and 1.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 2.6 km SBakery — 2.8 km SFood shop — 5.0 km NWGP — 5.0 km NWPharmacy — 7.7 km S 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 (Plancher-les-Mines): 2.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Servance-Miellin): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Servance-Miellin): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Plancher-Bas): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Plancher-les-Mines): 2.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 3.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 79.9

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELFAHY_SAPC weather station, 0.1 km away at 847 m; the village itself is at 839 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELFAHY_SAPC, 0.1 km away at 847 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,907 mm of rain a year, spread over 158 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BELFAHY_SAPC, 0.1 km away at 847 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

19 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 130,000 € — 1,206 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Haute-Saône is 990 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[12]

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

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70061/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70061/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70061/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70061/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70414
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70489
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70413
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Goudet	43	387 km SW	85	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Grézian	65	739 km SW	87	10.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Nocario	2B	634 km S	74	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Arguenos	31	711 km SW	90	11.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Vier-Bordes	65	751 km SW	96	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 55 %
Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux	12	512 km SW	84	5.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Goudet	43	387 km SW	85	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux	12	512 km SW	84	5.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Nocario	2B	634 km S	74	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 32 % · humidity 100 %
Arguenos	31	711 km SW	90	11.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Grézian	65	739 km SW	87	10.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Vier-Bordes	65	751 km SW	96	11.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 55 %

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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 Belfahy'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
Goudet	43	387 km SW	85	9.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Viala-du-Pas-de-Jaux	12	512 km SW	84	5.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Nahuja	66	702 km SW	74	11.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Innimond	01	239 km S	95	8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Escaro	66	678 km SW	128	8.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Aunat	11	663 km SW	61	7.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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