Mestes

Corrèze · CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté · INSEE 19135

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

Few services 36/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mestes (INSEE 19135) is in Corrèze (19), part of CC Haute-Corrèze Communauté. Population 341 (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/19135-mestes

Vitality score

Vitality score 36/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 18,029 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.8	10	7.97
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

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 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 (CAFE DE L'ORCHIDEE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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 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	1	CAFE DE L'ORCHIDEE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA SERRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 216 peak 2012: 365 2023: 341 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 365 (2012) → 341 (2023): -6.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 263 (1990) → 341 (2023): 29.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 194, of which 13.4 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.7 km NWPharmacy — 5.4 km NBakery — 5.5 km NEGP — 5.8 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 (Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches): 5.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Angel): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ussel): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Ussel): 5.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Mestes): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.7

Days at or below 0 °C 106.1▸

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 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 106 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the USSEL-LES PLAINES weather station, 4.5 km away at 670 m; the village itself is at 686 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at USSEL-LES PLAINES, 4.5 km away at 670 m, over 11 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,176 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at USSEL-LES PLAINES, 4.5 km away at 670 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

16 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 84,000 € — 864 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Corrèze is 1,106 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19135/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19135/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19135/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 19135/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19201
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19275
INSEE BPE 2025 — 19135
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Aubigné-sur-Layon	49	286 km NW	347	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison	84	261 km SE	334	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %
Montreuil-Poulay	53	387 km NW	373	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Buncey	21	311 km NE	357	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Portes	30	191 km SE	320	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Le Quiou	22	457 km NW	359	39	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Portes	30	191 km SE	320	32.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison	84	261 km SE	334	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 22 % · humidity 86 %
Aubigné-sur-Layon	49	286 km NW	347	39	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Buncey	21	311 km NE	357	31	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Montreuil-Poulay	53	387 km NW	373	32.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 27 % · humidity 93 %
Le Quiou	22	457 km NW	359	39	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 0 %

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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 Mestes'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-Geneys-près-Saint-Paulien	43	124 km E	313	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bourbach-le-Haut	68	442 km NE	408	31.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Coren	15	78 km SE	445	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Vitrac	63	69 km NE	336	28	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Lépaud	23	83 km N	359	36.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Outriaz	01	259 km E	263	25.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %

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