Saint-Germain

Identity

Saint-Germain (INSEE 70464) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC du Pays de Lure. Population 1,377 (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/70464-saint-germain

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 12,218 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (CAPUT · BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE CAPUT · LA CAPUCINE VESULIENNE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE BONSIRVEN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PETIT GOURMET). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (POLE EDUCATIF). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE FAGOT AUBRY). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAINT GERMAIN). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CHANGER D'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,334 (2012) → 1,377 (2023): 3.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,166 (1990) → 1,377 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 736, of which 3.4 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Germain): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Germain): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lure): 5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Germain): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ETOBON weather station, 14.3 km away at 425 m; the village itself is at 313 m. ^[10]

The village sits 112 m below 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. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at LUXEUIL, 14.4 km away at 271 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,305 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MELISEY, 4.7 km away at 331 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

90 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 138,400 € — 1,041 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

9 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 81,661 € — 494 € per m². ^[11]

The median across Haute-Saône is 990 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70464/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70464/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70464/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70464/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70464
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70310
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025