Esprels

Haute-Saône · CC du Pays de Villersexel · INSEE 70219

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

Partly served 47.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Esprels (INSEE 70219) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC du Pays de Villersexel. Population 699 (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/70219-esprels

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 16,401 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	0.63	25	15.8
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	0.61	10	6.08
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE DES PRES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX SAVEURS DES GRANDS CHAMPS - VIA). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (ALDI MARCHE SARL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ESPRELS). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LM COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LES TILLEULS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	1	BOULANGERIE DES PRES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AUX SAVEURS DES GRANDS CHAMPS - VIA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	ALDI MARCHE SARL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE D'ESPRELS	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	1	LM COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	LES TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 584 peak 2017: 733 2023: 699 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 712 (2012) → 699 (2023): -1.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 631 (1990) → 699 (2023): 10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 374, of which 3.7 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km NEGP — 4.1 km EPharmacy — 4.9 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 (Esprels): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Esprels): 0.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villersexel): 4.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villersexel): 4.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Esprels): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17

Days at or below 0 °C 71.7

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VILLERSEXEL SA weather station, 4.6 km away at 290 m; the village itself is at 261 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at VILLERSEXEL SA, 4.6 km away at 290 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,110 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ESPRELS, 0.2 km away at 260 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 — 70219/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70219/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70219/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70219/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70219
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70561
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
Saulnières	35	597 km W	801	45.9	Partly served	no figures
Biron	64	715 km SW	595	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Albain	71	167 km SW	550	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Vignoux-sous-les-Aix	18	297 km W	708	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Lederzeele	59	470 km NW	703	47.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe	71	135 km SW	1,233	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
L'Abergement-Sainte-Colombe	71	135 km SW	1,233	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Albain	71	167 km SW	550	49.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Vignoux-sous-les-Aix	18	297 km W	708	35.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Lederzeele	59	470 km NW	703	47.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saulnières	35	597 km W	801	45.9	Partly served	no figures
Biron	64	715 km SW	595	46	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 39 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Esprels'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
Izier	21	93 km W	783	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Sarraltroff	57	147 km N	789	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pralong	42	274 km SW	842	41.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Ornacieux-Balbins	38	254 km S	876	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Crugny	51	273 km NW	675	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Annoisin-Chatelans	38	214 km SW	719	38.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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