Velesmes-Échevanne

Haute-Saône · CC Val de Gray · INSEE 70528

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

Few services 23.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Velesmes-Échevanne (INSEE 70528) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC Val de Gray. Population 491 (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/70528-velesmes-echevanne

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 17,795 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.59	10	5.91
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (VELESMES ECHEVANNE RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (SAS ZENATTITUDE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	POLE EDUCATIF DE LA FONTAINE	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	VELESMES ECHEVANNE RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE DE VELESMES	INSEE BPE 1 [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	SAS ZENATTITUDE	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: 397 peak 2012: 517 2023: 491 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 517 (2012) → 491 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 450 (1990) → 491 (2023): 9.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 251, of which 6.8 % second homes and 7.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 7.5 km WFood shop — 7.8 km WGP — 8.4 km WPharmacy — 8.4 km W 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 (Gray): 7.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gray): 7.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Gray): 8.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Gray): 8.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Velesmes-Échevanne): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

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. ^[10]

Measured at the CUGNEY weather station, 6 km away at 230 m; the village itself is at 206 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at CHARGEY-LES-GRAY, 12.5 km away at 244 m, over 28 summers. ^[10]

An average of 961 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CUGNEY, 6 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70528/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70528/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70528/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70528/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70279
INSEE BPE 2025 — 70528
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
Bridoré	37	352 km W	491	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Landouzy-la-Ville	02	298 km NW	503	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Ferrières	80	378 km NW	496	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Lafitole	65	623 km SW	433	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
Eydoche	38	222 km S	543	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Pondaurat	33	550 km SW	455	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Eydoche	38	222 km S	543	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Landouzy-la-Ville	02	298 km NW	503	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Bridoré	37	352 km W	491	23.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Ferrières	80	378 km NW	496	25.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Pondaurat	33	550 km SW	455	25.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 57 % · humidity 50 %
Lafitole	65	623 km SW	433	24.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · 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 Velesmes-Échevanne'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
Bazoilles-sur-Meuse	88	99 km N	612	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Yssandon	19	413 km SW	696	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Meussia	39	102 km S	438	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Écoche	42	176 km SW	525	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Charny-sur-Meuse	55	200 km N	522	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Sommesous	51	184 km NW	467	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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