Mesples

Allier · CC du Pays d'Huriel · INSEE 03172

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

No daily shops 15.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mesples (INSEE 03172) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Pays d'Huriel. Population 129 (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 15.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 12,827 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.37	10	3.66
Housing mix	0.57	5	2.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA PETITE AUBERGE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	1	LA PETITE AUBERGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 224 2023: 129 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 130 (2012) → 129 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 149 (1990) → 129 (2023): -13.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 106, of which 21.7 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

GP — 3.3 km EFood shop — 3.4 km NEPrimary school — 3.4 km NEBakery — 5.6 km SWPharmacy — 11.1 km E 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 (Saint-Sauvier): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Viplaix): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chambérat): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Chapelaude): 11.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Viplaix): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.2

Days at or below 0 °C 56.8

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARCHIGNAT weather station, 9.9 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 409 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNAT, 9.9 km away at 374 m, over 19 summers. ^[12]

An average of 799 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARCHIGNAT, 9.9 km away at 374 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03172/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03172/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03172/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03172/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03259
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03317
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03051
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03055
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
Chezelles	37	162 km NW	130	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Julien-des-Points	48	273 km SE	121	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Faverdines	18	25 km N	135	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gineys-en-Coiron	07	262 km SE	125	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Rothonay	39	243 km E	128	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Estramiac	32	312 km SW	119	13.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 53 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Faverdines	18	25 km N	135	16.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chezelles	37	162 km NW	130	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Rothonay	39	243 km E	128	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gineys-en-Coiron	07	262 km SE	125	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-des-Points	48	273 km SE	121	22.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Estramiac	32	312 km SW	119	13.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 53 % · 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 Mesples'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
Châtelus	42	187 km SE	143	23.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sazeret	03	47 km E	140	17.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien-le-Roux	07	250 km SE	127	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marcel-en-Murat	03	51 km E	128	14.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Germenay	58	133 km NE	118	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Cahan	61	342 km NW	161	14.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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