La Mézière
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 60.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Mézière (INSEE 35177) is in Ille-et-Vilaine (35), part of CC Val d'Ille-Aubigné. Population 5,033 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/35177-la-meziere
Vitality score
Vitality score 60.3/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 79 % of the 4,664 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 | 0.37 | 25 | 9.22 |
| Social | 0.87 | 20 | 17.47 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.47 | 10 | 4.67 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.83 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE LA GRANGE · GUILLOU · SARL PERRIMEV · LA BOITE SUCREE · CHOCOLATERIE MONBANA). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DU RELAIS · L'EPICERIE PAR FLEUR). [3,4]
1 × Supermarket (INTERMARCHE). [3,4]
14 × Restaurant (IL TOSCANO · MCDONALD'S · BOWLING CAP MALO · LA TABLE DE SEB · JARDIN DE CHINE). [3,4]
6 × Café / bar (LA BILIG ANTILLAISE · CHOPE ET COMPAGNIE · L'EXCUSE · LES DEUX A · FONCE ALPHONSE). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE J- YVES COUSTEAU). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE JAKEZ HELIAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MARTIN). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE GERMAINE TILLION). [3]
5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOPHIE BUI, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN GRELET, MÉDECIN · GAELLE LE CAVIL, MÉDECIN · CHRYSTELE CERTAIN, MÉDECIN · GAUD RUTHMANN-MALLARD, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MARIE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA MEZIERE L EXCUSE RP). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LES MOTS PASSANTS). [3]
1 × Cinema (MEGA CGR). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE FRANCOIS MITTERAND). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (IDEE COIFFURE · LM COIFF · MOBIL'COIFF · APOLIN'HAIR). [3,4]
2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
1 × Hotel (L ESCALE OCEANIA). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | LE FOURNIL DE LA GRANGE · GUILLOU · SARL PERRIMEV · LA BOITE SUCREE · CHOCOLATERIE MONBANA | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | L'EPICERIE DU RELAIS · L'EPICERIE PAR FLEUR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 1 | INTERMARCHE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 14 | IL TOSCANO · MCDONALD'S · BOWLING CAP MALO · LA TABLE DE SEB · JARDIN DE CHINE | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 20 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 6 | LA BILIG ANTILLAISE · CHOPE ET COMPAGNIE · L'EXCUSE · LES DEUX A · FONCE ALPHONSE | INSEE SIRENE 6 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE J- YVES COUSTEAU | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PIERRE JAKEZ HELIAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST MARTIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE GERMAINE TILLION | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 5 | SOPHIE BUI, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN GRELET, MÉDECIN · GAELLE LE CAVIL, MÉDECIN · CHRYSTELE CERTAIN, MÉDECIN · GAUD RUTHMANN-MALLARD, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE MARIE | 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 MEZIERE L EXCUSE RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LES MOTS PASSANTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | MEGA CGR | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE FRANCOIS MITTERAND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 8 | IDEE COIFFURE · LM COIFF · MOBIL'COIFF · APOLIN'HAIR | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 2 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 1 | L ESCALE OCEANIA | 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
Population 4,426 (2012) → 5,033 (2023): 13.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,142 (1990) → 5,033 (2023): 135 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,167, of which 1.7 % second homes and 2.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Mézière): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Mézière): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (La Mézière): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Gévezé): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Mézière): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the LE RHEU-INRAE weather station, 12.1 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 105 m. [10]
The village sits 67 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE RHEU-INRAE, 12.1 km away at 38 m, over 20 summers. [10]
That station sits 67 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 795 mm of rain a year, spread over 133 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MELESSE, 6.7 km away at 69 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 — 35177/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35177/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35177/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 35177/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35177
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 35120
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neuville-aux-Bois | 45 | 283 km E | 4,987 | 51 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 73 % |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues | 84 | 680 km SE | 4,533 | 55.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre | 79 | 188 km SE | 5,121 | 49.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Roquemaure | 30 | 684 km SE | 5,529 | 50.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Case-Pilote | 972 | 6,547 km W | 4,537 | 45.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 0 % |
| Valleiry | 74 | 629 km E | 5,264 | 48.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre | 79 | 188 km SE | 5,121 | 49.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 % |
| Neuville-aux-Bois | 45 | 283 km E | 4,987 | 51 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 73 % |
| Valleiry | 74 | 629 km E | 5,264 | 48.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 % |
| Camaret-sur-Aigues | 84 | 680 km SE | 4,533 | 55.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Roquemaure | 30 | 684 km SE | 5,529 | 50.8 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 % |
| Case-Pilote | 972 | 6,547 km W | 4,537 | 45.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 51 % · humidity 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 La Mézière'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambazac | 87 | 347 km SE | 5,556 | 48.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin | 60 | 350 km E | 4,258 | 49.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bellevigny | 85 | 162 km S | 6,240 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maen Roch | 35 | 36 km NE | 5,088 | 61.6 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Breteil | 35 | 14 km SW | 3,675 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Laillé | 35 | 27 km S | 5,225 | 53.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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