Meslay-le-Vidame

Eure-et-Loir · CA Chartres Métropole · INSEE 28246

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

Few services 27.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meslay-le-Vidame (INSEE 28246) is in Eure-et-Loir (28), part of CA Chartres Métropole. Population 508 (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/28246-meslay-le-vidame

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,729 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.9	10	8.96
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (BONNEL YUNA). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MESLAY LE VIDAME AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MESLAY-LE-VIDAME). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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 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	BONNEL YUNA	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	MESLAY LE VIDAME AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MESLAY-LE-VIDAME	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 379 peak 2012: 530 2023: 508 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 530 (2012) → 508 (2023): -4.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 364 (1990) → 508 (2023): 39.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 218, of which 4.1 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.7 km NEPrimary school — 2.7 km NEFood shop — 6.2 km EGP — 7.0 km NPharmacy — 10.8 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 (Fresnay-le-Comte): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Villages Vovéens): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Dammarie): 7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Thivars): 10.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Fresnay-le-Comte): 2.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 48.4

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PRE-ST-EVROULT weather station, 11 km away at 129 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PRE-ST-EVROULT, 11 km away at 129 m, over 24 summers. ^[12]

An average of 660 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA BOURDINIERE, 4.6 km away at 156 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 — 28246/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28246/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28246/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 28246/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28162
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28422
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28122
INSEE BPE 2025 — 28388
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
Vendresse	08	284 km NE	486	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Trépot	25	372 km E	565	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 19 % · humidity 93 %
Meuilley	21	285 km SE	411	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Kermoroc'h	22	346 km W	443	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Ouville-l'Abbaye	76	163 km N	649	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Courmemin	41	91 km S	502	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Courmemin	41	91 km S	502	32	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Ouville-l'Abbaye	76	163 km N	649	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Vendresse	08	284 km NE	486	27.6	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Meuilley	21	285 km SE	411	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Kermoroc'h	22	346 km W	443	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Trépot	25	372 km E	565	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 19 % · 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 Meslay-le-Vidame'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
Fleurville	71	329 km SE	492	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Savigné-sous-le-Lude	72	128 km SW	446	24.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Perthes	52	251 km E	518	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vinay	51	196 km NE	535	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Rupt-aux-Nonains	55	273 km E	365	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Gyé-sur-Seine	10	222 km E	463	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

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