Couthenans

Haute-Saône · CC du Pays d'Héricourt · INSEE 70184

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

Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Couthenans (INSEE 70184) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC du Pays d'Héricourt. Population 716 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/70184-couthenans

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 16,292 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.51	10	5.08
Housing mix	0.99	5	4.94

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

1 × Restaurant (LE RELAIS CHEZ PIERRETTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE COUTHENANS SALLE CHARLIE CHAPLIN). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	LE RELAIS CHEZ PIERRETTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE COUTHENANS SALLE CHARLIE CHAPLIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 387 peak 2007: 784 2023: 716 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 767 (2012) → 716 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 710 (1990) → 716 (2023): 0.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 342, of which 0.6 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.6 km NGP — 2.6 km EPharmacy — 2.7 km SEFood shop — 2.8 km SE 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 (Chagey): 2.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Héricourt): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Héricourt): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Héricourt): 2.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Couthenans): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.5

Days at or below 0 °C 64

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ETOBON weather station, 6.9 km away at 425 m; the village itself is at 337 m. ^[11]

The village sits 88 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]

An average of 1,280 mm of rain a year, spread over 149 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ETOBON, 6.9 km away at 425 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70184/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70184/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70184/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70184/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70116
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70285
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70184
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
Lougres	25	13 km S	742	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
Etting	57	164 km N	714	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Rombies-et-Marchipont	59	382 km NW	741	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 76 %
Belle-Église	60	378 km NW	730	33.5	Few services	no figures
Ettendorf	67	150 km NE	734	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 99 %
Limersheim	67	118 km NE	681	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lougres	25	13 km S	742	31.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 85 %
Limersheim	67	118 km NE	681	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 92 %
Ettendorf	67	150 km NE	734	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 99 %
Etting	57	164 km N	714	28.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 76 %
Belle-Église	60	378 km NW	730	33.5	Few services	no figures
Rombies-et-Marchipont	59	382 km NW	741	33.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 76 %

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Elsewhere

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