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La Vaivre

Haute-Saône · CC de la Haute Comté · INSEE 70512

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 11.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Vaivre (INSEE 70512) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC de la Haute Comté. Population 216 (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/70512-la-vaivre

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 18 % of the 16,448 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.51105.14
Housing mix0.9354.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [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: 251 peak 1975: 268 2023: 216 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 210 (2012) → 216 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 213 (1990) → 216 (2023): 1.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 119, of which 3.4 % second homes and 12.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 1.1 km NW (Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont)Food shop — 2.2 km W (Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont)Primary school — 2.2 km W (Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont)Pharmacy — 2.2 km W (Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont)GP — 4.2 km SE (Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert)
Bakery — 1.1 km NWFood shop — 2.2 km WPrimary school — 2.2 km WPharmacy — 2.2 km WGP — 4.2 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 (Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

GP (Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert): 4.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Aillevillers-et-Lyaumont): 2.2 km to the west (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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 89 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the AILLEVILLERS weather station, 2 km away at 275 m; the village itself is at 347 m. [10]

The village sits 72 m above 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 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at LUXEUIL, 14.2 km away at 271 m, over 30 summers. [10]

That station sits 76 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [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, 2 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 — 70512/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70512/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70512/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70512/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70006
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 70245
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Laniscourt02276 km NW21614.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Landerrouat33593 km SW21712.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 50 %
Damery80333 km NW21513.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Saint-Georges80341 km NW21717.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Monclar32669 km SW21716.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 11 %
Sassy14494 km W21712.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Laniscourt02276 km NW21614.4No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Damery80333 km NW21513.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Mesnil-Saint-Georges80341 km NW21717.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Sassy14494 km W21712.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 %
Landerrouat33593 km SW21712.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 50 %
Monclar32669 km SW21716.3No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 11 %

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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 La Vaivre'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
Certilleux8865 km NW2168.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
La Bretenière39102 km SW21117.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Felon9051 km SE22212.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Cuperly51191 km NW21611.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Pomoy7028 km S19714.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Étrappe2551 km S20214.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %