Vivant· Is the village alive?

Chauvirey-le-Châtel

Haute-Saône · CC des Hauts du Val de Saône · INSEE 70143

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

No daily shops 4.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 2 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chauvirey-le-Châtel (INSEE 70143) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des Hauts du Val de Saône. Population 109 (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/70143-chauvirey-le-chatel

Vitality score

Vitality score 4.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 2 % of the 11,356 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 trend0.23102.27
Housing mix0.3751.83

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 0 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]

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]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 182 peak 1975: 200 2023: 109 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 118 (2012) → 109 (2023): -7.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 150 (1990) → 109 (2023): -27.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 82, of which 31.7 % second homes and 2.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPharmacy — 2.4 km N (Vitrey-sur-Mance)Bakery — 2.5 km N (Vitrey-sur-Mance)GP — 2.5 km N (Vitrey-sur-Mance)Primary school — 2.6 km N (Vitrey-sur-Mance)Food shop — 11.1 km E (Jussey)
Pharmacy — 2.4 km NBakery — 2.5 km NGP — 2.5 km NPrimary school — 2.6 km NFood shop — 11.1 km E 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 (Vitrey-sur-Mance): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Jussey): 11.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Vitrey-sur-Mance): 2.5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Vitrey-sur-Mance): 2.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Vitrey-sur-Mance): 2.6 km to the north (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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the QUARTE weather station, 4.1 km away at 362 m; the village itself is at 268 m. [10]

The village sits 94 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. [10]

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

Humidity measured at VENISEY, 18.3 km away at 243 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 1,029 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at QUARTE, 4.1 km away at 362 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 — 70143/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70143/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70143/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70143/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70572
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70292
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Moulins-en-Tonnerrois89129 km W1116.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Courmes06461 km S10914.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Solbach67129 km NE11110.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villadin10165 km W1088.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Méaroz38324 km S1148.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Chevroches58170 km W1137.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Moulins-en-Tonnerrois89129 km W1116.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Solbach67129 km NE11110.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villadin10165 km W1088.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chevroches58170 km W1137.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Méaroz38324 km S1148.5No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Courmes06461 km S10914.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %

Sort and compare these on the full list →

…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 Chauvirey-le-Châtel'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
Villadin10165 km W1088.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Thiénans7053 km SE11214.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Preigney703.7 km SE1139No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Thoste21121 km W1046.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Blois-sur-Seille39116 km S10211.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Moussy58185 km W1078.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %