Plancher-les-Mines
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 32.2/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Plancher-les-Mines (INSEE 70414) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Rahin et Chérimont. Population 839 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 32.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)).
Better served than 46 % of the 15,354 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.21 | 10 | 2.12 |
| Housing mix | 0.83 | 5 | 4.14 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (AU PIED D'LA PLANCHE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE PLANCHER LES MINES). [3]
1 × Cinema (SELECT). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'OR - ELIE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | AU PIED D'LA PLANCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE PLANCHER LES MINES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | SELECT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | LES CISEAUX D'OR - ELIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 1,039 (2012) → 839 (2023): -19.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,178 (1990) → 839 (2023): -28.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 570, of which 8.6 % second homes and 18.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Plancher-les-Mines): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Fresse): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Giromagny): 6.3 km to the east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Plancher-Bas): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Plancher-les-Mines): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 90 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the PLANCHER-LES-MI weather station, 1.3 km away at 529 m; the village itself is at 499 m. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at BELFAHY_SAPC, 2.6 km away at 847 m, over 13 summers. [12]
That station sits 348 m above 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 2,086 mm of rain a year, spread over 156 days — about 13.4 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at PLANCHER-LES-MI, 1.3 km away at 529 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Grocery (épicerie / supérette)
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70414/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70414/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70414/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70414/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70414
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70256
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 90052
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70413
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uchizy | 71 | 198 km SW | 831 | 43.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chooz | 08 | 296 km NW | 825 | 39.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 % |
| Berchères-sur-Vesgre | 28 | 403 km W | 862 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Optevoz | 38 | 248 km SW | 875 | 44.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lay | 42 | 278 km SW | 777 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 14 % |
| Odenas | 69 | 245 km SW | 938 | 41.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uchizy | 71 | 198 km SW | 831 | 43.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Odenas | 69 | 245 km SW | 938 | 41.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 45 % · humidity 64 % |
| Optevoz | 38 | 248 km SW | 875 | 44.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lay | 42 | 278 km SW | 777 | 37.4 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 64 % · humidity 14 % |
| Chooz | 08 | 296 km NW | 825 | 39.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 42 % |
| Berchères-sur-Vesgre | 28 | 403 km W | 862 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 32 % · 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 Plancher-les-Mines'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martigny-les-Bains | 88 | 78 km NW | 807 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chastel-Nouvel | 48 | 435 km SW | 938 | 36.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bizonnes | 38 | 277 km SW | 1,028 | 27.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Duerne | 69 | 286 km SW | 841 | 27.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avoudrey | 25 | 73 km S | 982 | 52.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gros-Réderching | 57 | 150 km N | 1,266 | 38.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
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