Frédéric-Fontaine

Identity

Frédéric-Fontaine (INSEE 70254) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Rahin et Chérimont. Population 278 (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/70254-frederic-fontaine

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 17,624 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 263 (2012) → 278 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 190 (1990) → 278 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 133, of which 4.5 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ronchamp): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ronchamp): 4.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lyoffans): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ronchamp): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Clairegoutte): 2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ETOBON weather station, 4 km away at 425 m; the village itself is at 387 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELFAHY_SAPC, 16.1 km away at 847 m, over 13 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 460 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[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, 4 km away at 425 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

14 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 107,740 € — 944 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Haute-Saône is 990 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[12]

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 — 70254/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70254/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70254/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70254/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70451
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70313
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70157
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025