Essert
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 36.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Essert (INSEE 90039) is in Territoire de Belfort (90), part of CA Grand Belfort. Population 3,417 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Grands centres urbains (level 1). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/90039-essert
Vitality score
Vitality score 36.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 11 % of the 6,391 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 | 0.15 | 25 | 3.69 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.22 | 10 | 2.21 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.86 | 10 | 8.59 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.85 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'ARTISAN DU PAIN). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SAS MGM). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (JEANROY DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (L'ATELIER A PIZZA · LA PAILLOTTE COMTOISE · HICHTOIRE DE PIZZA · CORSICA PIZZ). [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE J Y COUSTEAU). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HAROUN TAZIEFF · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HERVE NICOLET, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU GRAND ESSERT). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (ESSERT RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ESSERT). [3]
1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE). [3]
2 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Café / bar. [4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | L'ARTISAN DU PAIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | SAS MGM | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | JEANROY DISTRIBUTION | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 4 | L'ATELIER A PIZZA · LA PAILLOTTE COMTOISE · HICHTOIRE DE PIZZA · CORSICA PIZZ | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE J Y COUSTEAU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE HAROUN TAZIEFF · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | HERVE NICOLET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DU GRAND ESSERT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | ESSERT RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE D'ESSERT | 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 | 1 | CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE FRANCHE COMTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 2 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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 3,163 (2012) → 3,417 (2023): 8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,514 (1990) → 3,417 (2023): 35.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,632, of which 1.5 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Essert): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Essert): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
GP (Essert): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Essert): 0.9 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Essert): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the BELFORT weather station, 4.4 km away at 422 m; the village itself is at 371 m. [9]
The village sits 51 m below 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. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at BELFORT, 4.4 km away at 422 m, over 16 summers. [9]
That station sits 51 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,100 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at BELFORT, 4.4 km away at 422 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
130 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 211,349 € — 1,800 € per m² of built surface. [10]
71 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 119,750 € — 1,800 € per m². [10]
The median across Territoire de Belfort is 1,598 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90039/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90039/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90039/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90039/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 90039
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semoy | 45 | 365 km W | 3,269 | 30.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles | 51 | 277 km NW | 3,566 | 47.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Camon | 80 | 413 km NW | 4,359 | 47.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Collégien | 77 | 335 km NW | 3,354 | 45.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Frépillon | 95 | 376 km NW | 3,317 | 36.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 % |
| Guesnain | 59 | 404 km NW | 4,635 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles | 51 | 277 km NW | 3,566 | 47.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Collégien | 77 | 335 km NW | 3,354 | 45.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Semoy | 45 | 365 km W | 3,269 | 30.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Frépillon | 95 | 376 km NW | 3,317 | 36.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 % |
| Guesnain | 59 | 404 km NW | 4,635 | 41 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 % |
| Camon | 80 | 413 km NW | 4,359 | 47.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 69 % · 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 Essert'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exincourt | 25 | 15 km S | 3,277 | 41.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Sochaux | 25 | 13 km S | 3,721 | 57.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz | 57 | 173 km N | 3,554 | 45.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Valdoie | 90 | 4.0 km NE | 5,175 | 49.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Longeville-lès-Metz | 57 | 172 km N | 4,102 | 44.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chambourcy | 78 | 381 km NW | 5,847 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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