Mélisey
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mélisey (INSEE 70339) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des 1000 étangs. Population 1,625 (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/70339-melisey
Vitality score
Vitality score 56.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 88 % of the 11,054 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 | 0.47 | 25 | 11.83 |
| Social | 0.78 | 20 | 15.5 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.29 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 4 |
| Housing mix | 0.88 | 5 | 4.39 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE MELISEY). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AUX MILLE SAVEURS). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (HOTEL DU LION D'OR · KEBAB DES MILLE ETANGS · DU COTE DE CHEZ SHUAI · RESTAURANT LA BERGERAINE · LES MILLE DELICES DU PORTUGAL). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA MAIRIE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE LES MILLE ETANGS). [3]
4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE JEANDEL, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LACOMBE, MÉDECIN · MYLENE BERTRAND, MÉDECIN · PASCALE LAVISSE, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy. [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MELISEY). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
2 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE). [3]
4 × Hairdresser (PETIT JEAN-RENE · BIGOUDIS · MISE EN SCENE · COCON DE LUNE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA PIERRE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Supermarket, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Campsite.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | LE FOURNIL DE MELISEY | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | AUX MILLE SAVEURS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 5 | HOTEL DU LION D'OR · KEBAB DES MILLE ETANGS · DU COTE DE CHEZ SHUAI · RESTAURANT LA BERGERAINE · LES MILLE DELICES DU PORTUGAL | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | CAFE RESTAURANT DE LA MAIRIE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE LES MILLE ETANGS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 4 | PHILIPPE JEANDEL, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS LACOMBE, MÉDECIN · MYLENE BERTRAND, MÉDECIN · PASCALE LAVISSE, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MELISEY | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 2 | CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 4 | PETIT JEAN-RENE · BIGOUDIS · MISE EN SCENE · COCON DE LUNE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA PIERRE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,662 (2012) → 1,625 (2023): -2.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,805 (1990) → 1,625 (2023): -10 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 999, of which 6.1 % second homes and 9.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Mélisey): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mélisey): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Mélisey): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Germain): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Mélisey): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BELFAHY_SAPC weather station, 11.7 km away at 847 m; the village itself is at 332 m. [10]
The village sits 515 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BELFAHY_SAPC, 11.7 km away at 847 m, over 13 summers. [10]
That station sits 515 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,305 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MELISEY, 0.8 km away at 331 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
82 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 118,000 € — 962 € per m² of built surface. [11]
7 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 92,200 € — 701 € per m². [11]
The median across Haute-Saône is 990 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70339/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70339/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70339/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70339/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70339
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70464
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomarez | 40 | 736 km SW | 1,642 | 56.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 96 % |
| Cuisery | 71 | 179 km SW | 1,576 | 62.4 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 % |
| Viriville | 38 | 291 km S | 1,713 | 55.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Arthez-de-Béarn | 64 | 735 km SW | 1,837 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 29 % |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre | 87 | 482 km SW | 1,378 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Arc-et-Senans | 25 | 100 km SW | 1,620 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arc-et-Senans | 25 | 100 km SW | 1,620 | 53.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cuisery | 71 | 179 km SW | 1,576 | 62.4 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 % |
| Viriville | 38 | 291 km S | 1,713 | 55.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre | 87 | 482 km SW | 1,378 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Arthez-de-Béarn | 64 | 735 km SW | 1,837 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 29 % |
| Pomarez | 40 | 736 km SW | 1,642 | 56.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 96 % |
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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 Mélisey'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Martin de l'If | 76 | 468 km NW | 1,736 | 52.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Ouen-des-Alleux | 35 | 598 km W | 1,326 | 50.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Herbitzheim | 67 | 145 km N | 1,829 | 49.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Melrand | 56 | 723 km W | 1,598 | 52.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Compreignac | 87 | 448 km SW | 1,856 | 49 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Faouët | 56 | 751 km W | 2,814 | 66.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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