Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine

Haute-Saône · CC Terres de Saône · INSEE 70415

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

Few services 28.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine (INSEE 70415) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Terres de Saône. Population 592 (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 28.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,156 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0	10	0
Housing mix	0.95	5	4.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 MALOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CHEZ CHRISTELLE ET MANU). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (L'ATELIER DU COIFFEUR). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL MALOU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	1	CHEZ CHRISTELLE ET MANU	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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	POLAINCOURT ET CLAIREFONTAINE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	L'ATELIER DU COIFFEUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 1,048 peak 1982: 1,221 2023: 592 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 805 (2012) → 592 (2023): -26.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,187 (1990) → 592 (2023): -50.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 334, of which 2.7 % second homes and 11.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 4.8 km NEFood shop — 4.9 km NEPharmacy — 4.9 km NE 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 (Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vauvillers): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vauvillers): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vauvillers): 4.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.7

Days at or below 0 °C 68

Muggy days a summer 2

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 68 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VENISEY weather station, 8 km away at 243 m; the village itself is at 286 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VENISEY, 8 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, 4.2 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 — 70415/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70415/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70415/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70415/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
Francheval	08	216 km N	590	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Ronssoy	80	316 km NW	577	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Mailley-et-Chazelot	70	38 km S	610	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Poillé-sur-Vègre	72	472 km W	582	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %
Fesmy-le-Sart	02	297 km NW	519	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Courgains	72	433 km W	581	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 54 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mailley-et-Chazelot	70	38 km S	610	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Francheval	08	216 km N	590	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Fesmy-le-Sart	02	297 km NW	519	35.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 93 %
Ronssoy	80	316 km NW	577	33.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Courgains	72	433 km W	581	35.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 54 %
Poillé-sur-Vègre	72	472 km W	582	36.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 62 %

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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 Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine'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
Mailley-et-Chazelot	70	38 km S	610	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Crancey	10	193 km W	691	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chambley-Bussières	54	130 km N	729	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villers	42	241 km SW	602	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Côte	70	43 km SE	549	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Montigny-aux-Amognes	58	230 km SW	621	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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