Valay

Haute-Saône · CC Val de Gray · INSEE 70514

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

Few services 32.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Valay (INSEE 70514) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Val de Gray. Population 638 (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/70514-valay

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 57 % of the 16,783 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	0.96	10	9.63
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES SAVEURS DE VALAY). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VALAY AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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	LES SAVEURS DE VALAY	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	POLE EDUCATIF	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	VALAY 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	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 486 peak 2017: 693 2023: 638 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 685 (2012) → 638 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 436 (1990) → 638 (2023): 46.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 334, of which 5.4 % second homes and 13.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 6.0 km SGP — 8.3 km SWPharmacy — 10.9 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 (Valay): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montagney): 6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Pesmes): 8.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pagney): 10.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Valay): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 22.7

Days at or below 0 °C 75.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CUGNEY weather station, 6.8 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 215 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PESMES - SA, 7.9 km away at 196 m, over 16 summers. ^[12]

An average of 961 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CUGNEY, 6.8 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70514/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70514/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70514/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70514/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70514
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70353
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70408
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39402
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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Rémy-de-Chargnat	63	269 km SW	631	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Greneville-en-Beauce	45	280 km W	654	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 59 %
Réalcamp	76	406 km NW	594	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Fendeille	11	537 km SW	658	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %
Brosville	27	389 km NW	670	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Les Hauts-de-Chée	55	174 km N	693	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Les Hauts-de-Chée	55	174 km N	693	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy-de-Chargnat	63	269 km SW	631	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Greneville-en-Beauce	45	280 km W	654	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 59 %
Brosville	27	389 km NW	670	28.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Réalcamp	76	406 km NW	594	27.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Fendeille	11	537 km SW	658	32.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 27 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Valay'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
Dracy-Saint-Loup	71	105 km W	641	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mailley-et-Chazelot	70	38 km NE	610	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Polaincourt-et-Clairefontaine	70	69 km NE	592	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Boult	70	28 km E	703	26.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Malrevers	43	280 km SW	763	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Sologny	71	131 km SW	572	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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