Fresse

Identity

Fresse (INSEE 70256) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des 1000 étangs. Population 687 (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/70256-fresse

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 53 % of the 16,456 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

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

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXI SERVICE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (L'APPEL A PIZZA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (FRESSE AP). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA BROCHE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 739 (2012) → 687 (2023): -7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 686 (1990) → 687 (2023): 0.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 518, of which 25.1 % second homes and 11.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mélisey): 5.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Fresse): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ternuay-Melay-et-Saint-Hilaire): 3.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Champagney): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Fresse): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BELFAHY_SAPC weather station, 6.3 km away at 847 m; the village itself is at 459 m. ^[12]

The village sits 388 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BELFAHY_SAPC, 6.3 km away at 847 m, over 13 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 388 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,907 mm of rain a year, spread over 158 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BELFAHY_SAPC, 6.3 km away at 847 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70256/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70256/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70256/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70256/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70339
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70256
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70498
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70120
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024