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Meyssiez

Isère · CA Vienne Condrieu · INSEE 38232

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

Partly served 44.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meyssiez (INSEE 38232) is in Isère (38), part of CA Vienne Condrieu. Population 671 (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/38232-meyssiez

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 16,584 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.21255.27
Social0.632012.64
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.89108.86
Housing mix0.9454.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 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) (MON GATEAU PREFERE). [3]

1 × Restaurant (JL'S SERVICES). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CHALEUREUX). [4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES SOURCES). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MON GATEAU PREFEREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1JL'S SERVICESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE CHALEUREUXINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES SOURCESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 300 2023: 671 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 605 (2012) → 671 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 484 (1990) → 671 (2023): 38.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 3.2 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmFood shop — 4.4 km W (Eyzin-Pinet)GP — 4.5 km W (Eyzin-Pinet)Pharmacy — 6.9 km NE (Saint-Jean-de-Bournay)
In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.4 km WGP — 4.5 km WPharmacy — 6.9 km NE 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 (Meyssiez): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Eyzin-Pinet): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Eyzin-Pinet): 4.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Bournay): 6.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Meyssiez): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the LUZINAY weather station, 15 km away at 310 m; the village itself is at 318 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at REVENTIN, 19.1 km away at 295 m, over 21 summers. [11]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 8.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at ST-JEAN-DE-BOURNAY, 7.4 km away at 369 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38232/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38232/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38232/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 38232/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38232
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38160
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 38399
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Avit40467 km W68454.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Hypercourt80510 km N67941.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jammes64482 km SW64242.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Villeneuve-sur-Verberie60459 km N72446.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Sauvigny-le-Bois89243 km N74244.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saulty62560 km N75044.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sauvigny-le-Bois89243 km N74244.2Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Villeneuve-sur-Verberie60459 km N72446.3Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Avit40467 km W68454.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Jammes64482 km SW64242.7Partly servedSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 73 % · humidity 64 %
Hypercourt80510 km N67941.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saulty62560 km N75044.4Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 93 % · 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 Meyssiez'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Bouchage3843 km NE65539.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sorlin-de-Vienne388.8 km W96447.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Beauregard-Baret2651 km S90545Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Panossas3826 km NE69631.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Garnat-sur-Engièvre03168 km NW65346.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Épercieux-Saint-Paul4275 km NW73244.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %