Velleclaire
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 16.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Velleclaire (INSEE 70531) is in Haute-Saône (70), part of CC des Monts de Gy. Population 100 (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/70531-velleclaire
Vitality score
Vitality score 16.5/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 68 % of the 10,643 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.93 | 10 | 9.29 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.76 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (SALON CHRISTELLE). [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
| 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 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | SALON CHRISTELLE | 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
Population 113 (2012) → 100 (2023): -11.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 70 (1990) → 100 (2023): 42.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 42, of which 2.4 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bucey-lès-Gy): 1.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Gy): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Gy): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Gy): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Gy): 4.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BUCEY-LES-GY weather station, 1.7 km away at 215 m; the village itself is at 247 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at RIOZ, 15.1 km away at 275 m, over 23 summers. [10]
An average of 1,037 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at BUCEY-LES-GY, 1.7 km away at 215 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 — 70531/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70531/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70531/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 70531/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70104
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 70282
- 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-Martin-l'Heureux | 51 | 229 km NW | 100 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Vallier | 88 | 100 km N | 100 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sancy-les-Cheminots | 02 | 284 km NW | 101 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Marbéville | 52 | 113 km NW | 100 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domnom-lès-Dieuze | 57 | 174 km NE | 100 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gueudecourt | 80 | 367 km NW | 101 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vallier | 88 | 100 km N | 100 | 16.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marbéville | 52 | 113 km NW | 100 | 12.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Domnom-lès-Dieuze | 57 | 174 km NE | 100 | 10.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Martin-l'Heureux | 51 | 229 km NW | 100 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sancy-les-Cheminots | 02 | 284 km NW | 101 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gueudecourt | 80 | 367 km NW | 101 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 68 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Velleclaire'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citey | 70 | 5.3 km W | 100 | 15.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Baignes | 70 | 22 km NE | 99 | 10.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Faimbe | 25 | 57 km E | 96 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vellefrey-et-Vellefrange | 70 | 2.2 km W | 108 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sauvigney-lès-Gray | 70 | 9.4 km W | 100 | 13.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gémonval | 25 | 56 km E | 81 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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