Méreau

Cher · CC Coeur de Berry · INSEE 18148

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

Partly served 48.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Méreau (INSEE 18148) is in Cher (18), part of CC Coeur de Berry. Population 2,632 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/18148-mereau

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 7,944 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	0.39	25	9.75
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.8	10	8.03
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 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]

3 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL TADIM · L'ATELIER DE JULIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES PIZZAS DU BERRY). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (FAN'S CREATIONS). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURENT MICOR, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (EURL PHARMACIE HENRY). ^[3,4]

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

3 × Hairdresser (LIB'HAIR'T · SO'LINDA). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL LA MIRE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	3	SARL TADIM · L'ATELIER DE JULIE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LES PIZZAS DU BERRY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	FAN'S CREATIONS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [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)	1	LAURENT MICOR, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	EURL PHARMACIE HENRY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MEREAU 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	3	LIB'HAIR'T · SO'LINDA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL LA MIRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 979 2023: 2,632 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,491 (2012) → 2,632 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,020 (1990) → 2,632 (2023): 30.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,232, of which 4.3 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.9 km NFood shop — 4.5 km W 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 (Méreau): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Massay): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Méreau): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Méreau): 3.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.5

Days at or below 0 °C 52.8

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VIERZON - VEVES weather station, 6.8 km away at 98 m; the village itself is at 105 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at QUINCY_SA, 7.3 km away at 128 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 724 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BRINAY, 2.4 km away at 131 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18148/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18148/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18148/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18148/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18140
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
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	269 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Nomain	59	381 km N	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Brens	81	364 km S	2,423	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
La Couture	62	383 km N	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Val d'Arry	14	292 km NW	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Valdivienne	86	130 km SW	2,715	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Valdivienne	86	130 km SW	2,715	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon	43	269 km SE	2,688	59.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Val d'Arry	14	292 km NW	2,496	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 %
Brens	81	364 km S	2,423	51.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Nomain	59	381 km N	2,651	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
La Couture	62	383 km N	2,590	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · 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 Méreau'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
Chef-Boutonne	79	200 km SW	2,371	59.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Donzenac	19	219 km S	2,733	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Boixe	16	215 km SW	2,841	51	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Varetz	19	224 km S	2,409	51.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Sorlin-en-Valloire	26	305 km SE	2,251	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Eyzin-Pinet	38	294 km SE	2,285	51.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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