Melincourt
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Melincourt (INSEE 70338) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC de la Haute Comté. Population 224 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 9.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 10 % of the 16,663 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.
| Component | Value (0–1) | Weight | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daily food | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.46 | 10 | 4.61 |
| Housing mix | 0.73 | 5 | 3.66 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE 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
Population 243 (2012) → 224 (2023): -7.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 233 (1990) → 224 (2023): -3.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 142, of which 13.4 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Vauvillers): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Vauvillers): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Vauvillers): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 86 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CONFLANS-SUR-LA weather station, 9.8 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 261 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at VENISEY, 11.6 km away at 243 m, over 21 summers. [10]
An average of 1,000 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MONTDORE, 5.1 km away at 360 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70338/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70338/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70338/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70338/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70415
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70526
- 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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 02 | 292 km NW | 224 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 % |
| Arbecey | 70 | 22 km SW | 228 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chillac | 16 | 551 km SW | 227 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| La Croix-Comtesse | 17 | 541 km W | 223 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Livet | 14 | 453 km W | 229 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Davrey | 10 | 163 km W | 229 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbecey | 70 | 22 km SW | 228 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Davrey | 10 | 163 km W | 229 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Iron | 02 | 292 km NW | 224 | 7.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 69 % |
| Saint-Jean-de-Livet | 14 | 453 km W | 229 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Croix-Comtesse | 17 | 541 km W | 223 | 14.8 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chillac | 16 | 551 km SW | 227 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
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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 Melincourt'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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbecey | 70 | 22 km SW | 228 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chariez | 70 | 30 km S | 227 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Anchenoncourt-et-Chazel | 70 | 2.4 km S | 224 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Moiré | 69 | 247 km SW | 240 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Palhers | 48 | 433 km SW | 200 | 9.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 % |
| Notre-Dame-du-Cruet | 73 | 280 km S | 222 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
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