Belonchamp

Identity

Belonchamp (INSEE 70063) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des 1000 étangs. Population 207 (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/70063-belonchamp

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 16,166 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CREATYSOPH). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 228 (2012) → 207 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 238 (1990) → 207 (2023): -13 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 136, of which 16.9 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mélisey): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mélisey): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELFAHY_SAPC weather station, 9.2 km away at 847 m; the village itself is at 341 m. ^[11]

The village sits 506 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELFAHY_SAPC, 9.2 km away at 847 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 506 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,305 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MELISEY, 3.3 km away at 331 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

20 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 127,150 € — 668 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Haute-Saône is 990 € per m², so this commune sits below 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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70063/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70063/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70063/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70063/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70339
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70498
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70464
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025