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Noidans-le-Ferroux

Haute-Saône · CC des Combes · INSEE 70387

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

Partly served 46.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Noidans-le-Ferroux (INSEE 70387) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des Combes. Population 646 (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/70387-noidans-le-ferroux

Vitality score

Vitality score 46.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 16,749 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 food0.21255.27
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.81108.07
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.59105.89
Housing mix0.9154.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL LE FOURNIL DE LEON). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE CHEVROLET, MÉDECIN · AUDE DELVA, MÉDECIN · LEA MOUGENOT, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE-MARIE CHAPPUIS, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE GIRARD-CLAUDON). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (NOIDANS LE FERROUX AP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE NOIDANS-LE-FERROUX). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1SARL LE FOURNIL DE LEONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4ANNE CHEVROLET, MÉDECIN · AUDE DELVA, MÉDECIN · LEA MOUGENOT, MÉDECIN · CLAIRE-MARIE CHAPPUIS, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE GIRARD-CLAUDONINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1NOIDANS LE FERROUX APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE NOIDANS-LE-FERROUXINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 588 peak 2017: 687 2023: 646 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 635 (2012) → 646 (2023): 1.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 593 (1990) → 646 (2023): 8.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 342, of which 4.7 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 5.7 km W (Soing-Cubry-Charentenay)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 5.7 km W 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 (Noidans-le-Ferroux): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Soing-Cubry-Charentenay): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Noidans-le-Ferroux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Noidans-le-Ferroux): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Noidans-le-Ferroux): 0.1 km to the north (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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PORT-SUR-SAONE weather station, 15.5 km away at 262 m; the village itself is at 227 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at PORT-SUR-SAONE, 15.5 km away at 262 m, over 15 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, 9.8 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 — 70387/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70387/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70387/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70387/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70387
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70492
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Château-sur-Epte27365 km NW65946.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac33571 km SW77144.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 50 %
Docelles8881 km NE85645.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Zinswiller67193 km NE71236.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Avoudrey2560 km SE98252.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Amancey2560 km S74463.9ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Amancey2560 km S74463.9ServedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Avoudrey2560 km SE98252.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 79 %
Docelles8881 km NE85645.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Zinswiller67193 km NE71236.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Château-sur-Epte27365 km NW65946.1Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Seurin-de-Cursac33571 km SW77144.2Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Noidans-le-Ferroux'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
Zinswiller67193 km NE71236.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ville-en-Tardenois51239 km NW66059.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Mars-la-Tour54170 km N87552Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Juniville08234 km NW1,22444.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Leyr54139 km N90645.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Remilly-Aillicourt08242 km N75438.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %