Mesnil-Saint-Père

Aube · CA Troyes Champagne Métropole · INSEE 10238

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

Partly served 43.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 89 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mesnil-Saint-Père (INSEE 10238) is in Aube (10), part of CA Troyes Champagne Métropole. Population 438 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 43.1/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,909 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	0.82	20	16.31
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.49	5	2.44

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 2 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (OBORDELEAU · LA MAISON DU BURGER · LES VOILES · M BEACH · LA PAILLOTTE). ^[4,3]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DE LA PLAGE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MESNIL SAINT PERE AP). ^[4]

1 × Gym / sports hall (MAISON DES LACS). ^[4]

1 × Swimming pool (BAIGNADE AMENAGEE). ^[4]

2 × Hairdresser (HAIRK STUDIO). ^[4,3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL AUBERGE DU LAC · HOTEL CLUB DU LAC D'ORIENT). ^[4,3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LE LAC D'ORIENT · CAMPING DE MESNIL SAINT PERE). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	7	OBORDELEAU · LA MAISON DU BURGER · LES VOILES · M BEACH · LA PAILLOTTE	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [4,3]
Café / bar	1	BAR DE LA PLAGE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MESNIL SAINT PERE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	1	MAISON DES LACS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Swimming pool	1	BAIGNADE AMENAGEE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	2	HAIRK STUDIO	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	2	HOTEL AUBERGE DU LAC · HOTEL CLUB DU LAC D'ORIENT	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LE LAC D'ORIENT · CAMPING DE MESNIL SAINT PERE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 356 peak 2017: 496 2023: 438 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 440 (2012) → 438 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 287 (1990) → 438 (2023): 52.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 285, of which 25.6 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.9 km WGP — 4.9 km WBakery — 5.0 km WPharmacy — 10.1 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 (Lusigny-sur-Barse): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Lusigny-sur-Barse): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lusigny-sur-Barse): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Vendeuvre-sur-Barse): 10.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mesnil-Saint-Père): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.6

Days at or below 0 °C 56

Muggy days a summer 2.9

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MESNIL-ST-PERE weather station, 1 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 133 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTREUIL, 5.5 km away at 150 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

An average of 788 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MESNIL-ST-PERE, 1 km away at 142 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 — 10238/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10238/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10238/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10238/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10209
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10401
INSEE BPE 2025 — 10238
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
Bréville	16	442 km SW	436	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Curzon	85	470 km SW	481	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 %
Angiens	76	312 km NW	513	34.1	Few services	no figures
Rutali	2B	742 km SE	531	42.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 %
Villeny	41	204 km W	487	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Chamaret	26	430 km S	542	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villeny	41	204 km W	487	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Angiens	76	312 km NW	513	34.1	Few services	no figures
Chamaret	26	430 km S	542	38.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Bréville	16	442 km SW	436	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 %
Curzon	85	470 km SW	481	37.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 68 %
Rutali	2B	742 km SE	531	42.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 39 % · 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 Mesnil-Saint-Père'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
Villeny	41	204 km W	487	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Rémy-sur-Creuse	86	309 km SW	462	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Jussy-le-Chaudrier	18	163 km SW	579	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Ymonville	28	191 km W	475	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Ciron	36	293 km SW	520	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Bellechaume	89	59 km SW	436	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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