Mézériat

Ain · CC de la Veyle · INSEE 01246

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

Partly served 51.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mézériat (INSEE 01246) is in Ain (01), part of CC de la Veyle. Population 2,172 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/01246-mezeriat

Vitality score

Vitality score 51.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 9,082 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.68	20	13.63
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.59	10	5.89
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.89

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (AU 4 M). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LES AS DU VOLANT · LE CAMBODIANA · DELICES PIZZA · LE PETIT MEZERIAT · PAPY'S CREPES). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BAYARDS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CHARLES ILODUBA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (C'COIFFE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	AU 4 M	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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	7	LES AS DU VOLANT · LE CAMBODIANA · DELICES PIZZA · LE PETIT MEZERIAT · PAPY'S CREPES	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES BAYARDS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CHARLES ILODUBA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	C'COIFFE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,298 peak 2017: 2,172 2023: 2,172 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,111 (2012) → 2,172 (2023): 2.9 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,995 (1990) → 2,172 (2023): 8.9 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,047, of which 1.1 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km NPharmacy — 4.6 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 (Mézériat): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Mézériat): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Mézériat): 0.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vonnas): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mézériat): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.2

Days at or below 0 °C 49.2

Muggy days a summer 3.6

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 49 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BANEINS weather station, 16.7 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 196 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CEYZERIAT_SAPC, 18.8 km away at 260 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 64 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 918 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAGE, 12.9 km away at 230 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01246/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2020-11— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/767f80eb-729b-3820-b72b-0d52bce914c0— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01246/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01246/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 01246/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01246
INSEE BPE 2025 — 01457
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-Beauzire	63	150 km W	2,210	60.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Esquelbecq	59	552 km N	2,137	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Préseau	59	466 km N	2,100	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Vincey	88	253 km N	2,053	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Cagny	14	512 km NW	2,066	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Lagrave	81	354 km SW	2,305	62.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Beauzire	63	150 km W	2,210	60.2	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Vincey	88	253 km N	2,053	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 53 % · humidity 79 %
Lagrave	81	354 km SW	2,305	62.6	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Préseau	59	466 km N	2,100	54.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Cagny	14	512 km NW	2,066	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Esquelbecq	59	552 km N	2,137	56.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Mézériat'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
Saint-Uze	26	118 km S	2,139	50.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Varennes-le-Grand	71	55 km N	2,293	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Romans	38	126 km S	1,897	52.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Seyssel	74	68 km SE	2,321	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Chavanay	42	94 km S	2,884	72.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Mionnay	01	39 km S	2,294	53.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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