Meillant

Cher · CC Coeur de France · INSEE 18142

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

Few services 27.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meillant (INSEE 18142) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de France. Population 645 (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 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,775 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.36	10	3.61
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.61

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHEZ TANTE AGATHA). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

2 × Hairdresser (PICHON ANNE-LISE · ALINE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	CHEZ TANTE AGATHA	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	MEILLANT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MEILLANT	INSEE BPE 1 [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	2	PICHON ANNE-LISE · ALINE COIFFURE	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

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

Trajectory

1968: 772 peak 1999: 792 2023: 645 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 670 (2012) → 645 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 749 (1990) → 645 (2023): -13.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 439, of which 13.9 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 5.0 km SBakery — 5.2 km SGP — 5.6 km WPharmacy — 6.3 km S 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-Amand-Montrond): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Amand-Montrond): 5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bruère-Allichamps): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Orval): 6.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Meillant): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 47.5

Muggy days a summer 7.6

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-AMAND-MTROND weather station, 4.8 km away at 177 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-AMAND-MTROND, 4.8 km away at 177 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 787 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-AMAND-MTROND, 4.8 km away at 177 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 — 18142/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18142/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18142/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18142/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18197
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18038
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18142
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
Pageas	87	169 km SW	644	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Civrac-en-Médoc	33	308 km SW	634	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Féricy	77	188 km N	625	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Brouzet-lès-Alès	30	324 km SE	670	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Grignols	24	242 km SW	667	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Cazedarnes	34	376 km S	682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pageas	87	169 km SW	644	32.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 57 %
Féricy	77	188 km N	625	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 %
Grignols	24	242 km SW	667	35.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Civrac-en-Médoc	33	308 km SW	634	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Brouzet-lès-Alès	30	324 km SE	670	38.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Cazedarnes	34	376 km S	682	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 74 % · 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 Meillant'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
Civrac-en-Médoc	33	308 km SW	634	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Eysus	64	472 km SW	625	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Loisy	71	194 km E	693	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Genouillé	17	266 km W	872	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-les-Étieux	18	8.2 km SE	729	27.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Vigeant	86	155 km SW	657	36.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %

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