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Fretigney-et-Velloreille

Haute-Saône · CC des Monts de Gy · INSEE 70257

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

Partly served 53.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Fretigney-et-Velloreille (INSEE 70257) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des Monts de Gy. Population 764 (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/70257-fretigney-et-velloreille

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 15,928 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.75107.48
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.82108.24
Housing mix0.9354.64

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 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 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AU COEUR FONDANT). [3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT RAPIDE). [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (POLE EDUCATIF). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (AMÉLIE GIRARDEAU, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE MAURIES, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE FRETIGNEY). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (FRETIGNEY ET VELLOREILLE RP). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ENSEMBLE SPORTIF). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1AU COEUR FONDANTINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1RESTAURANT RAPIDEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1POLE EDUCATIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2AMÉLIE GIRARDEAU, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE MAURIES, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE FRETIGNEYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1FRETIGNEY ET VELLOREILLE RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1ENSEMBLE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 799 2023: 764 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 695 (2012) → 764 (2023): 9.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 577 (1990) → 764 (2023): 32.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 388, of which 3.6 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmGP — 0.7 km NE (Fretigney-et-Velloreille)Food shop — 8.8 km S (Cordonnet)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 0.7 km NEFood shop — 8.8 km S 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 (Fretigney-et-Velloreille): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cordonnet): 8.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Fretigney-et-Velloreille): 0.7 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Fretigney-et-Velloreille): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Fretigney-et-Velloreille): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the RIOZ weather station, 10.3 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 241 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at RIOZ, 10.3 km away at 275 m, over 23 summers. [10]

An average of 1,118 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MAIZIERES, 5 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70257/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70257/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70257/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70257/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70257
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70174
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Pisany17551 km W75959.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Lestelle-Bétharram64683 km SW78849.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 29 %
Froissy60359 km NW96258Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Daours80371 km NW73751.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Roppe9076 km E1,04147.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Durmenach68105 km E83644.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Roppe9076 km E1,04147.1Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Durmenach68105 km E83644.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Froissy60359 km NW96258Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Daours80371 km NW73751.3Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Pisany17551 km W75959.8Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 64 %
Lestelle-Bétharram64683 km SW78849.9Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 70 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Fretigney-et-Velloreille'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Leyr54148 km N90645.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Maligny89169 km W77643.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Ostheim68130 km NE1,65139.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-Française2143 km W91163.8ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montreux-Vieux6882 km E92849.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Demigny71104 km SW1,75641.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %