Menet

Cantal · CC du Pays Gentiane · INSEE 15124

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

Few services 28.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Menet (INSEE 15124) is in Cantal (15), part of CC du Pays Gentiane. Population 521 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/15124-menet

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,689 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.34	10	3.38
Housing mix	0.33	5	1.67

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 × Café / bar (LA TAVERNE 1881). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MENET AP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NEW STYL'). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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)	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LA TAVERNE 1881	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MENET AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	NEW STYL'	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 819 2023: 521 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 520 (2012) → 521 (2023): 0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 622 (1990) → 521 (2023): -16.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 468, of which 33.3 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 5.5 km EPharmacy — 6.1 km SWGP — 6.6 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 (Menet): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Riom-ès-Montagnes): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Riom-ès-Montagnes): 6.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Trizac): 6.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Menet): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19

Days at or below 0 °C 82.4

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RIOM-MONTAGNES weather station, 6.4 km away at 837 m; the village itself is at 704 m. ^[11]

The village sits 133 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MARCENAT, 19.3 km away at 1,075 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 371 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 1,236 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at RIOM-MONTAGNES, 6.4 km away at 837 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 — 15124/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15124/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15124/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15124/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15124
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 15243
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
Lanne-en-Barétous	64	361 km SW	481	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 36 %
Bonnay-Saint-Ythaire	71	210 km NE	449	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Mouhet	36	150 km NW	418	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Bresson	70	414 km NE	417	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Perpezac-le-Blanc	19	99 km W	427	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Charensat	63	77 km N	470	36	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Charensat	63	77 km N	470	36	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 %
Perpezac-le-Blanc	19	99 km W	427	24.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Mouhet	36	150 km NW	418	29.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 61 %
Bonnay-Saint-Ythaire	71	210 km NE	449	26.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 79 %
Lanne-en-Barétous	64	361 km SW	481	37.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 36 %
Saint-Bresson	70	414 km NE	417	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Menet'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-Julien-aux-Bois	19	39 km SW	430	35.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
La Grande-Verrière	71	221 km NE	542	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Ladapeyre	23	114 km N	360	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Bord-Saint-Georges	23	110 km N	368	34.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-Vauban	89	258 km NE	356	15.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Pionnat	23	107 km NW	721	27.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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