Saint-Bresson
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 22.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Bresson (INSEE 70460) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC du Pays de Luxeuil. Population 417 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [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 22.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 17,988 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.42 | 10 | 4.25 |
| Housing mix | 0.34 | 5 | 1.71 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (SAINT BRESSON AP). [3]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 | 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 [3,4] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE DU CENTRE | 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 | SAINT BRESSON 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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
Population 471 (2012) → 417 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 451 (1990) → 417 (2023): -7.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 350, of which 32.9 % second homes and 8.6 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Bresson): 0.8 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Amage): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Raddon-et-Chapendu): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Raddon-et-Chapendu): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Saint-Bresson): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 84 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FOUGEROLLES weather station, 7.6 km away at 473 m; the village itself is at 429 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at LUXEUIL, 14.2 km away at 271 m, over 30 summers. [11]
That station sits 158 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,513 mm of rain a year, spread over 156 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FAUCOGNEY, 5.5 km away at 360 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
What property sold for
28 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 117,038 € — 1,127 € per m² of built surface. [12]
The median across Haute-Saône is 990 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [12]
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 — 70460/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70460/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70460/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70460/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70460
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70011
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70435
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perpezac-le-Blanc | 19 | 493 km SW | 427 | 24.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Crux-la-Ville | 58 | 238 km W | 399 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Issac | 24 | 562 km SW | 437 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 % |
| Saint-Mard-de-Réno | 61 | 441 km W | 386 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sussac | 87 | 444 km SW | 372 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-des-Prés | 24 | 506 km SW | 503 | 24.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 22 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crux-la-Ville | 58 | 238 km W | 399 | 16.7 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Mard-de-Réno | 61 | 441 km W | 386 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sussac | 87 | 444 km SW | 372 | 14.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Perpezac-le-Blanc | 19 | 493 km SW | 427 | 24.3 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain-des-Prés | 24 | 506 km SW | 503 | 24.6 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 22 % · humidity 57 % |
| Issac | 24 | 562 km SW | 437 | 18.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Saint-Bresson'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-Julien-aux-Bois | 19 | 452 km SW | 430 | 35.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Néoux | 23 | 389 km SW | 279 | 16.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Chapelle-Agnon | 63 | 331 km SW | 361 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bord-Saint-Georges | 23 | 365 km SW | 368 | 34.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Agnan-en-Vercors | 26 | 337 km S | 384 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montmelard | 71 | 233 km SW | 344 | 33.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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