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Lavoncourt

Haute-Saône · CC des Quatre Rivières · INSEE 70299

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

Partly served 52.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lavoncourt (INSEE 70299) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des Quatre Rivières. Population 331 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/70299-lavoncourt

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 18,007 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 food0.752518.72
Social0200
Education0.63106.32
Health0.63106.32
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.73107.3
Housing mix0.8854.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 0 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 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

4 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON PAROTY RIOZ · MAISON PAROTY LAVONCOURT · MAISON PAROTY COMBEAUFONTAINE · MAISON PAROTY VAIVRE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (PAROTY.EVEN''T). [3]

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

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (VINCENT LIDOINE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)4MAISON PAROTY RIOZ · MAISON PAROTY LAVONCOURT · MAISON PAROTY COMBEAUFONTAINE · MAISON PAROTY VAIVREINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1PAROTY.EVEN''TINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PETIT CASINOINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 / 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)1VINCENT LIDOINE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy1INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 302 peak 2012: 351 2023: 331 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 351 (2012) → 331 (2023): -5.7 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 269 (1990) → 331 (2023): 23 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 206, of which 5.8 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmPharmacy — 10.1 km SE (Fresne-Saint-Mamès)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 10.1 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 (Lavoncourt): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Lavoncourt): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Lavoncourt): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Fresne-Saint-Mamès): 10.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Lavoncourt): 0.4 km to the south-west (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 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the COMBEAUFONTAINE weather station, 12.1 km away at 252 m; the village itself is at 210 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at CHARGEY-LES-GRAY, 19.5 km away at 244 m, over 28 summers. [11]

An average of 1,058 mm of rain a year, spread over 143 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at COMBEAUFONTAINE, 12.1 km away at 252 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70299/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2024-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/42bbca37-1d7a-30b1-97ab-16b94d3582f6— “Marché hebdomadaire de Lavoncourt”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70299/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70299/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70299/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70299
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70255
  11. 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
Givry-en-Argonne51162 km NW44852.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Ouville-la-Rivière76433 km NW45251.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %
Buzancy08209 km N38041.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 53 %
Brunehamel02266 km NW46346.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 85 %
Vitrey-sur-Mance7021 km N28730.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Coulanges-sur-Yonne89169 km W51855.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vitrey-sur-Mance7021 km N28730.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 100 %
Givry-en-Argonne51162 km NW44852.4Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Coulanges-sur-Yonne89169 km W51855.5Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Buzancy08209 km N38041.7Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 53 %
Brunehamel02266 km NW46346.8Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 85 %
Ouville-la-Rivière76433 km NW45251.6Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Lavoncourt'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
Conflans-sur-Lanterne7038 km NE56458.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Montagney7039 km S48835.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Autrey-lès-Gray7027 km SW39842.1Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Combeaufontaine7012 km NE57153Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Charcenne7028 km S29525.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Amance7028 km NE66953.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %