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Lays-sur-le-Doubs

Saône-et-Loire · CC Bresse Nord Intercom' · INSEE 71254

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

No daily shops 8.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 10 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Lays-sur-le-Doubs (INSEE 71254) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Bresse Nord Intercom'. Population 164 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 8.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 10 % of the 14,769 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 trend0.46104.65
Housing mix0.5752.87

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 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING BIJOU DU DOUBS). [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]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING BIJOU DU DOUBSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 218 peak 1975: 232 2023: 164 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 132 (2012) → 164 (2023): 24.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 170 (1990) → 164 (2023): -3.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 122, of which 21.3 % second homes and 9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmBakery — 3.4 km W (Charette-Varennes)Primary school — 3.9 km S (Pierre-de-Bresse)Food shop — 4.0 km S (Pierre-de-Bresse)Pharmacy — 4.1 km S (Pierre-de-Bresse)GP — 4.4 km S (Pierre-de-Bresse)
Bakery — 3.4 km WPrimary school — 3.9 km SFood shop — 4.0 km SPharmacy — 4.1 km SGP — 4.4 km S 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 (Charette-Varennes): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Pierre-de-Bresse): 4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Pierre-de-Bresse): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Pierre-de-Bresse): 4.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Pierre-de-Bresse): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BRAGNY SUR SAONE weather station, 16.9 km away at 183 m; the village itself is at 180 m. [10]

An average of 909 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at PIERRE DE BRESSE, 4.5 km away at 208 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 — 71254/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71254/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71254/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71254/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71101
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 71351
  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
Leyssard0187 km S16414.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 64 %
Bierry-les-Belles-Fontaines89110 km NW1637.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 %
Caillavet32524 km SW1628.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 66 %
Larroque-Saint-Sernin32508 km SW1628.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Maubec82484 km SW1609.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 73 %
Chambord27409 km NW1679.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 76 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Leyssard0187 km S16414.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 64 %
Bierry-les-Belles-Fontaines89110 km NW1637.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 82 %
Chambord27409 km NW1679.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 49 % · winter 76 %
Maubec82484 km SW1609.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 73 %
Larroque-Saint-Sernin32508 km SW1628.3No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 92 %
Caillavet32524 km SW1628.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 66 %

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