Esmoulins
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 10.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 26 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Esmoulins (INSEE 70218) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Val de Gray. Population 127 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 10.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 26 % of the 12,697 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.77 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
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
| 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 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 | 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
Population 154 (2012) → 127 (2023): -17.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 130 (1990) → 127 (2023): -2.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 63, of which 4.8 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Gray): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Apremont): 2.6 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Gray): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Gray): 3.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Apremont): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 88 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the POYANS weather station, 8.9 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 199 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHARGEY-LES-GRAY, 11.6 km away at 244 m, over 28 summers. [10]
An average of 914 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at POYANS, 8.9 km away at 202 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70218/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70218/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70218/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70218/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70279
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70024
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointre | 39 | 21 km S | 127 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 % |
| Nourray | 41 | 340 km W | 127 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Belfays | 25 | 101 km E | 127 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marlemont | 08 | 275 km N | 126 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Annelles | 08 | 241 km N | 127 | 13 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Oisilly | 21 | 15 km W | 127 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oisilly | 21 | 15 km W | 127 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pointre | 39 | 21 km S | 127 | 17.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 73 % |
| Belfays | 25 | 101 km E | 127 | 17 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 54 % · humidity 86 % |
| Annelles | 08 | 241 km N | 127 | 13 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marlemont | 08 | 275 km N | 126 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nourray | 41 | 340 km W | 127 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Esmoulins'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Équevilley | 70 | 61 km NE | 121 | 11.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Moutonne | 39 | 97 km S | 129 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lavangeot | 39 | 28 km S | 135 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Francalmont | 70 | 71 km NE | 121 | 14 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavigney | 70 | 39 km NE | 129 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marvelise | 25 | 78 km E | 147 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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