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Hugier

Haute-Saône · CC du Val Marnaysien · INSEE 70286

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 23.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Hugier (INSEE 70286) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC du Val Marnaysien. Population 115 (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/70286-hugier

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 11,821 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.7853.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Café / bar. [4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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: 74 peak 2012: 145 2023: 115 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 145 (2012) → 115 (2023): -20.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 70 (1990) → 115 (2023): 64.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 63, of which 11.1 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 4.2 km S (Sornay)Food shop — 4.5 km SE (Marnay)GP — 4.9 km SE (Marnay)Pharmacy — 5.1 km SE (Marnay)Bakery — 5.5 km SE (Marnay)
Primary school — 4.2 km SFood shop — 4.5 km SEGP — 4.9 km SEPharmacy — 5.1 km SEBakery — 5.5 km SE 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 (Marnay): 5.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Marnay): 4.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Marnay): 4.9 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Marnay): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Sornay): 4.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CUGNEY weather station, 5.9 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 226 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at PESMES - SA, 11.7 km away at 196 m, over 16 summers. [10]

An average of 1,030 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at MARNAY, 5.6 km away at 205 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 — 70286/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70286/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70286/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70286/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70334
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70494
  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
Bar-lès-Buzancy08242 km N11517.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 64 %
Bajonnette32547 km SW10417.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %
Lugny02308 km NW11015.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Béalcourt80412 km NW12619.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Velle-le-Châtel7041 km NE12516.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Sommauthe08248 km N13217.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Velle-le-Châtel7041 km NE12516.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Bar-lès-Buzancy08242 km N11517.3No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 64 %
Sommauthe08248 km N13217.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Lugny02308 km NW11015.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Béalcourt80412 km NW12619.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 38 % · humidity 93 %
Bajonnette32547 km SW10417.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 27 % · humidity 50 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Viviers57183 km N12017.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Champagne-sur-Loue3932 km S12218.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Paroy2533 km SE11614.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Cour-l'Évêque5291 km NW14814.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Vanne7034 km N12318.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Channes10129 km NW1087.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %