Oiselay-et-Grachaux

Identity

Oiselay-et-Grachaux (INSEE 70393) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC du Pays Riolais. Population 437 (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/70393-oiselay-et-grachaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 17,936 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (NICO-AUTO/O COCO RICCO). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (OISELAY ET GRACHAUX AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BELLEZZA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 407 (2012) → 437 (2023): 7.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 371 (1990) → 437 (2023): 17.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 215, of which 3.7 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bucey-lès-Gy): 6.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cordonnet): 2.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fretigney-et-Velloreille): 8.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Fretigney-et-Velloreille): 7.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Boult): 7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BUCEY-LES-GY weather station, 6.7 km away at 215 m; the village itself is at 356 m. ^[12]

The village sits 141 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at RIOZ, 10 km away at 275 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 81 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BUCEY-LES-GY, 6.7 km away at 215 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70393/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70393/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70393/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70393/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70104
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70174
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70257
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70085
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024