Merlines

Corrèze · CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté · INSEE 19134

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

Partly served 52.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Merlines (INSEE 19134) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté. Population 741 (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/19134-merlines

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 16,103 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	0.86	20	17.29
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.28	10	2.82
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.8

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE 19 · AVIA). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA MAIRIE). ^[4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE RENE PERROT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PHILIPPE LEMAIRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MERLINES). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MERLINES). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COLLEGE DE MERLINES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MELIS'HAIR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[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]
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	2	LE 19 · AVIA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	CAFE DE LA MAIRIE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA GARE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE RENE PERROT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	PHILIPPE LEMAIRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MERLINES	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MERLINES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COLLEGE DE MERLINES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	MELIS'HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,027 peak 1982: 1,028 2023: 741 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 779 (2012) → 741 (2023): -4.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 948 (1990) → 741 (2023): -21.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 524, of which 12 % second homes and 18.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.8 km N 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 (Merlines): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Eygurande): 1.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

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

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

Primary school (Merlines): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.4

Days at or below 0 °C 109.5▸

Muggy days a summer 0.2

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 110 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MERLINES weather station, 2.4 km away at 728 m; the village itself is at 720 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at USSEL-THALAMY, 12.6 km away at 740 m, over 10 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,182 mm of rain a year, spread over 151 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MERLINES, 2.4 km away at 728 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 — 19134/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19134/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19134/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19134/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19134
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19080
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
Galan	65	315 km SW	698	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 23 % · humidity 64 %
Andelot-Blancheville	52	360 km NE	799	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %
Juliénas	69	186 km E	880	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Mesvres	71	192 km NE	749	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre	36	98 km N	778	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Sellières	39	272 km NE	737	61.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre	36	98 km N	778	58.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Juliénas	69	186 km E	880	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 %
Mesvres	71	192 km NE	749	43.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 26 % · humidity 93 %
Sellières	39	272 km NE	737	61.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 %
Galan	65	315 km SW	698	52.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 23 % · humidity 64 %
Andelot-Blancheville	52	360 km NE	799	52.7	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Merlines'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
Costaros	43	137 km SE	553	70.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Landos	43	140 km SE	873	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Belleherbe	25	368 km NE	630	65.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Andelot-en-Montagne	39	299 km NE	574	42.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Oye-et-Pallet	25	327 km NE	709	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Allègre	43	110 km SE	922	63.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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