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Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse

Haute-Saône · CC de la Haute Comté · INSEE 70467

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

Served 63.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse (INSEE 70467) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC de la Haute Comté. Population 2,814 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/70467-saint-loup-sur-semouse

Vitality score

Vitality score 63.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 7,513 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.522513.03
Social0.882017.66
Education0.78107.77
Health0.75107.48
Public & culture0.5152.56
Population trend0.1101.02
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL LUPEEN · SARL TRICO BARBIER · DU GRAIN AU PAIN). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (JEANNEY). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CHARELI). [3,4]

9 × Restaurant (MANILA DELICE). [3,4]

3 × Café / bar (CAFE DES SPORTS CHEZ DENIA). [4]

3 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE CHANOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU CENTRE). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ANDRE MASSON). [3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARIE FAIVRE-DEMOUGIN, MÉDECIN · CORALIE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · PASCAL AUDOUARD, MÉDECIN · LIDIA TONEA, MÉDECIN). [3]

2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MORLAT PHEULPIN · PHARMACIE DE LA SEMOUSE). [3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (ST LOUP SUR SEMOUSE RP · LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]

5 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · BANQUE CIC EST · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL SEMOUSE COMBEAUTE). [3]

4 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE COTE COUR · C2 COIFFURE · AB COIF · BUHL HAIR COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × GP (médecin généraliste).

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). [4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)3LE FOURNIL LUPEEN · SARL TRICO BARBIER · DU GRAIN AU PAININSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1JEANNEYINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket1CHARELIINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant9MANILA DELICEINSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar3CAFE DES SPORTS CHEZ DENIAINSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)3ECOLE PRIMAIRE LE CHANOIS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE DU CENTREINSEE BPE 3 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE ANDRE MASSONINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)4MARIE FAIVRE-DEMOUGIN, MÉDECIN · CORALIE MARTIN, MÉDECIN · PASCAL AUDOUARD, MÉDECIN · LIDIA TONEA, MÉDECININSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy2PHARMACIE MORLAT PHEULPIN · PHARMACIE DE LA SEMOUSEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale2ST LOUP SUR SEMOUSE RP · LA POSTEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1COMPLEXE SPORTIFINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank5CAISSE D'EPARGNE ET DE PREVOYANCE DE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE · BANQUE POPULAIRE BOURGOGNE FRANCHE-COMTE · BANQUE CIC EST · CAISSE CREDIT MUTUEL SEMOUSE COMBEAUTEINSEE BPE 5 [3]
Hairdresser4COIFFURE COTE COUR · C2 COIFFURE · AB COIF · BUHL HAIR COIFFUREINSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 3,468 peak 1982: 4,907 2023: 2,814 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,314 (2012) → 2,814 (2023): -15.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 4,677 (1990) → 2,814 (2023): -39.8 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,711, of which 1.7 % second homes and 21.8 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 87 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the AILLEVILLERS weather station, 5.9 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 245 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at LUXEUIL, 12.8 km away at 271 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 1,194 mm of rain a year, spread over 146 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at AILLEVILLERS, 5.9 km away at 275 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70467/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-02— https://data.datatourisme.fr/6/691b0e5a-c773-393a-b831-bc86a681f498— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70467/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70467/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70467/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70467
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Ayguesvives31613 km SW2,81263.6ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 19 % · humidity 57 %
Wassy52120 km NW2,77155.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Loiron-Ruillé53537 km W2,75858.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Dieuze57108 km N2,77071.2ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Sarre-Union67132 km NE2,73171.6ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Auneuil60355 km NW2,89855Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Dieuze57108 km N2,77071.2ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Wassy52120 km NW2,77155.6Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Sarre-Union67132 km NE2,73171.6ServedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Auneuil60355 km NW2,89855Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Loiron-Ruillé53537 km W2,75858.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 %
Ayguesvives31613 km SW2,81263.6ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 19 % · humidity 57 %

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…and in much the same climate

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Charolles71221 km SW2,77272.5ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Pouilly-sous-Charlieu42254 km SW2,58857.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Geoire-en-Valdaine38274 km S2,39263.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise69286 km SW3,78552.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs2553 km SE2,78064.2ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-le-Gaz38266 km S2,75449.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %