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Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes

Haute-Saône · CC Val de Gray · INSEE 70480

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 22.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes (INSEE 70480) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Val de Gray. Population 159 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/70480-sauvigney-les-pesmes

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 14,517 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 food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.69106.87
Housing mix0.8454.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE PANIER FLEUR Y). [3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAUVIGNEY LES PESMES). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LE PANIER FLEUR YINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SAUVIGNEY LES PESMESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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

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

Trajectory

1968: 202 2023: 159 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 173 (2012) → 159 (2023): -8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 134 (1990) → 159 (2023): 18.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 86, of which 8.1 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmGP — 2.2 km S (Pesmes)Bakery — 2.4 km S (Pesmes)Food shop — 2.4 km S (Pesmes)Primary school — 2.4 km S (Pesmes)Pharmacy — 11.6 km SE (Pagney)
GP — 2.2 km SBakery — 2.4 km SFood shop — 2.4 km SPrimary school — 2.4 km SPharmacy — 11.6 km SE 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 (Pesmes): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pesmes): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Pesmes): 2.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Pagney): 11.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Pesmes): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 73 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the PESMES - SA weather station, 1.3 km away at 196 m; the village itself is at 203 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at PESMES - SA, 1.3 km away at 196 m, over 16 summers. [10]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PESMES - SA, 1.3 km away at 196 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 — 70480/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70480/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70480/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70480/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70408
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 39402
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Poëzat03225 km SW15222.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Échenans2589 km E16325.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bouzeron7179 km SW14318.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Boult-aux-Bois08243 km N15721.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Bouxurulles88125 km NE17624.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Laàs64664 km SW14020.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bouzeron7179 km SW14318.8No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Échenans2589 km E16325.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bouxurulles88125 km NE17624.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Poëzat03225 km SW15222.8Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Boult-aux-Bois08243 km N15721.5Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Laàs64664 km SW14020.2Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Sauvigney-lès-Pesmes'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Échenans2589 km E16325.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bouxurulles88125 km NE17624.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Labalme01134 km S20426.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Venisey7067 km NE13519.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Luxiol2559 km E15720.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sauville8897 km N16816.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %