Boult

Haute-Saône · CC du Pays Riolais · INSEE 70085

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

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Boult (INSEE 70085) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC du Pays Riolais. Population 703 (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/70085-boult

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 16,372 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	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

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 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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”.

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

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (POLE EDUCATIF DES BOBUCHOTS). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BOULT AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (STEHLY KIMBERLY). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LA TUILERIE). ^[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, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	POLE EDUCATIF DES BOBUCHOTS	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	1	BOULT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	STEHLY KIMBERLY	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	1	CAMPING LA TUILERIE	INSEE 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: 317 2023: 703 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 559 (2012) → 703 (2023): 25.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 348 (1990) → 703 (2023): 102 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 317, of which 1.3 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.8 km NEGP — 4.1 km SBakery — 4.4 km SPharmacy — 6.0 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 (Voray-sur-l'Ognon): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sorans-lès-Breurey): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Voray-sur-l'Ognon): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Devecey): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Boult): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.5

Days at or below 0 °C 67.6

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the RIOZ weather station, 7.8 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 240 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at RIOZ, 7.8 km away at 275 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,160 mm of rain a year, spread over 144 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at RIOZ, 7.7 km away at 275 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70085/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70085/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70085/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70085/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70575
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70493
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25200
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70085
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
Martainville-Épreville	76	417 km NW	746	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Grandvillers	88	108 km NE	716	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Lesquielles-Saint-Germain	02	333 km NW	754	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Bonnières	62	420 km NW	659	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Brûlain	79	499 km W	735	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Gizy	02	296 km NW	630	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Grandvillers	88	108 km NE	716	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Gizy	02	296 km NW	630	20.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lesquielles-Saint-Germain	02	333 km NW	754	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Martainville-Épreville	76	417 km NW	746	23.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Bonnières	62	420 km NW	659	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 %
Brûlain	79	499 km W	735	24.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Boult'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
Avezé	72	408 km W	690	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Bressieux	38	236 km S	786	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Fermeté	58	207 km W	617	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saulon-la-Rue	21	73 km W	701	25	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Hartzviller	57	165 km NE	934	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Varenne-Saint-Germain	71	184 km SW	684	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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