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Betoncourt-Saint-Pancras

Haute-Saône · CC de la Haute Comté · INSEE 70069

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

No daily shops 6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Betoncourt-Saint-Pancras (INSEE 70069) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC de la Haute Comté. Population 40 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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/70069-betoncourt-saint-pancras

Vitality score

Vitality score 6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 3,405 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.3103
Housing mix0.4252.11

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 × Campsite (CAMPING LES ETANGS DE SAINT PANCRAS). [3,4]

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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LES ETANGS DE SAINT PANCRASINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 60 peak 1999: 67 2023: 40 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 53 (2012) → 40 (2023): -24.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 50 (1990) → 40 (2023): -20 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 38, of which 28.9 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 5.4 km SE (Bouligney)Primary school — 5.4 km W (Vauvillers)GP — 5.4 km W (Vauvillers)Bakery — 5.5 km W (Vauvillers)Pharmacy — 5.5 km W (Vauvillers)
Food shop — 5.4 km SEPrimary school — 5.4 km WGP — 5.4 km WBakery — 5.5 km WPharmacy — 5.5 km W 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 (Vauvillers): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Bouligney): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Vauvillers): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vauvillers): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vauvillers): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CONFLANS-SUR-LA weather station, 11.6 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 289 m. [10]

The village sits 59 m above 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. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at VENISEY, 16.3 km away at 243 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 1,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MONTDORE, 6.8 km away at 360 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70069/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70069/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70069/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70069/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70526
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70083
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chêne-Sec39131 km SW395.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Courtoin89229 km W398.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Fuligny10118 km NW405.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
La Ville-sous-Orbais51217 km NW418.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 42 %
Aveux65699 km SW416.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 64 %
Doncourt-sur-Meuse5251 km NW406.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Doncourt-sur-Meuse5251 km NW406.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Fuligny10118 km NW405.1No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Chêne-Sec39131 km SW395.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
La Ville-sous-Orbais51217 km NW418.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 42 %
Courtoin89229 km W398.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Aveux65699 km SW416.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 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 Betoncourt-Saint-Pancras'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cadeilhan-Trachère65729 km SW437.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Montcharvot5233 km W4412.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Belmont5252 km SW465.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Oigney7029 km SW487.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Grandecourt7039 km SW4711.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Broissia39182 km S5714.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %