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Combeaufontaine

Haute-Saône · CC des Hauts du Val de Saône · INSEE 70165

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 53/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Combeaufontaine (INSEE 70165) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des Hauts du Val de Saône. Population 571 (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/70165-combeaufontaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 53/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 17,324 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 food0.422510.54
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.78107.8
Housing mix0.9154.55

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON PAROTY COMBEAUFONTAINE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CREMERIE LIGNY). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ETIENNE SPITZ, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (SOPHIE RACINE PHARMACIEN). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE COMBEAUFONTAINE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (DESIGN COIFFURE). [3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL DU BALCON). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON PAROTY COMBEAUFONTAINEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1CREMERIE LIGNYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)1ETIENNE SPITZ, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1SOPHIE RACINE PHARMACIENINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE DE COMBEAUFONTAINEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE POLYVALENTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2DESIGN COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel1HOTEL DU BALCONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 379 2023: 571 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 548 (2012) → 571 (2023): 4.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 446 (1990) → 571 (2023): 28 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 311, of which 4.5 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Combeaufontaine): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Combeaufontaine): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Combeaufontaine): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Combeaufontaine): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Combeaufontaine): 0 km to the east (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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the COMBEAUFONTAINE weather station, 0.1 km away at 252 m; the village itself is at 258 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at PORT-SUR-SAONE, 13.3 km away at 262 m, over 15 summers. [9]

An average of 1,058 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at COMBEAUFONTAINE, 0.1 km away at 252 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

What property sold for

27 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 104,600 € — 592 € per m² of built surface. [10]

The median across Haute-Saône is 990 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]

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 — 70165/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70165/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70165/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70165/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70165
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chavanges10132 km NW56748.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Damvillers55185 km N61353.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Amance7016 km NE66953.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Condé-en-Brie02225 km NW65459.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Fénétrange57151 km NE63952.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Sauzet46512 km SW53156Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Amance7016 km NE66953.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chavanges10132 km NW56748.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Fénétrange57151 km NE63952.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Damvillers55185 km N61353.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Condé-en-Brie02225 km NW65459.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Sauzet46512 km SW53156Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Combeaufontaine'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
Amance7016 km NE66953.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Ayen19444 km SW71750.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-de-Reins69215 km SW63556.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Laizy71156 km SW59942.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Arc-en-Barrois5271 km W67151.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Conflans-sur-Lanterne7027 km NE56458.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %