Meynes

Gard · CC du Pont du Gard · INSEE 30166

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

Partly served 49.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 64 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meynes (INSEE 30166) is in Gard (30), part of CC du Pont du Gard. Population 2,597 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30166-meynes

Vitality score

Vitality score 49.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 64 % of the 8,017 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.49	20	9.82
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.59	10	5.85
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.94	10	9.37
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.52

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GONZOLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE & CO). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (O'BISTROT DEL YO · TONY · M.E.A INVEST · RAPID' POULET · LE B ET Y TRAITEUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MYRIAM ALDIS, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE LAPIERRE, MÉDECIN · AURELIE TRICHARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MEYNES MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (EMY'LYSS · LES NUANCES DU STYLE · TIMELIO · L'ATELIER COIFFURE DE SARAH). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	GONZOLO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE & CO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	8	O'BISTROT DEL YO · TONY · M.E.A INVEST · RAPID' POULET · LE B ET Y TRAITEUR	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	MYRIAM ALDIS, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE LAPIERRE, MÉDECIN · AURELIE TRICHARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MEYNES MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	4	EMY'LYSS · LES NUANCES DU STYLE · TIMELIO · L'ATELIER COIFFURE DE SARAH	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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

Weekly market: Wednesday. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 1,045 2023: 2,597 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,402 (2012) → 2,597 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 1,807 (1990) → 2,597 (2023): 43.7 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,219, of which 4.8 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.6 km E 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 (Meynes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Meynes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Meynes): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montfrin): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Meynes): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 62▸

Days at or below 0 °C 22.3

Muggy days a summer 10.3▸

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 62 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MEYNES weather station, 3.9 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 30 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at TARASCON, 8.6 km away at 15 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 719 mm of rain a year, spread over 64 days — about 11.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MEYNES, 3.9 km away at 71 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 — 30166/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.meynes.fr/agenda— “MERCREDI 28 OCTOBRE Meynes Catégorie : Marché”
DATAtourisme 2025-06— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/aec75ef5-7612-3470-8226-7fb9d73eb395— “Tous les mercredis matins sur la place du village, venez profiter du marché de producteur de la semaine !”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30166/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30166/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30166/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30166
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30179
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
Conques-sur-Orbiel	11	187 km W	2,523	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Drémil-Lafage	31	240 km W	2,608	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Monchecourt	59	721 km N	2,516	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %
Rosières-aux-Salines	54	541 km N	2,810	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
Nouaillé-Maupertuis	86	437 km NW	2,975	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Labastidette	31	271 km W	2,930	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Conques-sur-Orbiel	11	187 km W	2,523	46.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Drémil-Lafage	31	240 km W	2,608	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Labastidette	31	271 km W	2,930	49.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Nouaillé-Maupertuis	86	437 km NW	2,975	49.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 61 % · humidity 43 %
Rosières-aux-Salines	54	541 km N	2,810	43.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
Monchecourt	59	721 km N	2,516	40.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 64 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Meynes'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
Aubord	30	24 km SW	2,253	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Montfrin	30	2.5 km E	3,122	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Jonquières-Saint-Vincent	30	6.2 km S	3,875	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Remoulins	30	6.3 km N	2,278	71.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Viviers	07	67 km N	3,633	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Quarante	34	142 km SW	1,776	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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