Meyras
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 37.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Meyras (INSEE 07156) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Ardèche des Sources et Volcans. Population 889 (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/07156-meyras
Vitality score
Vitality score 37.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 61 % of the 15,031 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 | 0.5 | 20 | 9.99 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.5 | 10 | 4.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.72 | 10 | 7.19 |
| Housing mix | 0.08 | 5 | 0.41 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (BARTH PIZZA · ZUNCHEDDU MASSIMO · BAR RESTAURANT RETOUR AUX SOURCES · AUBERGE LES GRILLONS · HOTEL DU LEVANT - RESTAURANT BRIOUDE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ALICE GIRAUD, MÉDECIN · CINDY BOUGEARD-CROUZET, MÉDECIN · CINDY BADIA-MOULIN, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE IAHNS, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS BOUGEARD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MEYRAS RP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE DU BARUTEL). [3]
1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]
3 × Campsite (CAMPING DOMAINE DE LA PLAGE · CAMPING LE VENTADOUR · CAMPING LE BARUTEL). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [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] | |
| 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 | BARTH PIZZA · ZUNCHEDDU MASSIMO · BAR RESTAURANT RETOUR AUX SOURCES · AUBERGE LES GRILLONS · HOTEL DU LEVANT - RESTAURANT BRIOUDE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | ALICE GIRAUD, MÉDECIN · CINDY BOUGEARD-CROUZET, MÉDECIN · CINDY BADIA-MOULIN, MÉDECIN · CAROLINE IAHNS, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS BOUGEARD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [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 | 1 | MEYRAS RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 1 | BAIGNADE DU BARUTEL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 3 | CAMPING DOMAINE DE LA PLAGE · CAMPING LE VENTADOUR · CAMPING LE BARUTEL | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 913 (2012) → 889 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 729 (1990) → 889 (2023): 21.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 891, of which 45.9 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chirols): 1.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Pierre-de-Colombier): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Meyras): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Thueyts): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Meyras): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 27 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the MONTPEZAT SA weather station, 6.1 km away at 602 m; the village itself is at 432 m. [12]
The village sits 170 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at MONTPEZAT SA, 6.1 km away at 602 m, over 17 summers. [12]
That station sits 170 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 1,694 mm of rain a year, spread over 93 days — about 18.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at MONTPEZAT, 3.8 km away at 491 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 — 07156/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07156/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07156/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07156/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07065
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07282
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07156
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 07322
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saignon | 84 | 130 km SE | 912 | 29.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 % |
| Queige | 73 | 207 km NE | 904 | 29.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Jeures | 43 | 46 km N | 1,015 | 31.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Roscanvel | 29 | 786 km NW | 855 | 36.2 | Few services | no figures |
| Pechs-de-l'Espérance | 24 | 227 km W | 796 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 % |
| Les Trois-Moutiers | 86 | 422 km NW | 1,078 | 34.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jeures | 43 | 46 km N | 1,015 | 31.9 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saignon | 84 | 130 km SE | 912 | 29.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 16 % · humidity 86 % |
| Queige | 73 | 207 km NE | 904 | 29.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 86 % |
| Pechs-de-l'Espérance | 24 | 227 km W | 796 | 31.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 % |
| Les Trois-Moutiers | 86 | 422 km NW | 1,078 | 34.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roscanvel | 29 | 786 km NW | 855 | 36.2 | Few services | no figures |
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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 Meyras'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limony | 07 | 84 km NE | 833 | 43.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vitrac | 24 | 241 km W | 863 | 33.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Payzac | 07 | 27 km S | 539 | 37 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| San-Gavino-di-Carbini | 2A | 515 km SE | 1,204 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gervais-sur-Mare | 34 | 150 km SW | 859 | 60.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Rome-de-Tarn | 12 | 130 km SW | 904 | 61.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
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