Mesnay

Jura · CC Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Coeur du Jura · INSEE 39325

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

Few services 28.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 49 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mesnay (INSEE 39325) is in Jura (39), part of CC Arbois, Poligny, Salins, Coeur du Jura. Population 579 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/39325-mesnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % of the 17,281 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	0.29	25	7.21
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.68	10	6.84
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.93

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE MARTIN · DU PAIN SUR LES PLANCHES). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MONTESSORI GRAINE DE VIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	2	BOULANGERIE MARTIN · DU PAIN SUR LES PLANCHES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MONTESSORI GRAINE DE VIE	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: 578 peak 2017: 583 2023: 579 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 556 (2012) → 579 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 489 (1990) → 579 (2023): 18.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 317, of which 10.7 % second homes and 4.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Pharmacy — 1.5 km WFood shop — 1.6 km WGP — 1.9 km W 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 (Mesnay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Arbois): 1.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Arbois): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Arbois): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Mesnay): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 63.8

Muggy days a summer 1.7

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ARBOIS weather station, 3.9 km away at 323 m; the village itself is at 325 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ARBOIS_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 313 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,278 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 9.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ARBOIS, 3.9 km away at 323 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 — 39325/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39325/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39325/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39325/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39325
INSEE BPE 2025 — 39013
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
Haute-Kontz	57	286 km N	532	28.5	Few services	no figures
Aubignosc	04	309 km S	616	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Gruchet-Saint-Siméon	76	486 km NW	682	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 93 %
Laval-sur-Vologne	88	159 km NE	628	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Couloisy	60	345 km NW	592	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Poncey-lès-Athée	21	49 km NW	577	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poncey-lès-Athée	21	49 km NW	577	23.5	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 97 %
Laval-sur-Vologne	88	159 km NE	628	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Haute-Kontz	57	286 km N	532	28.5	Few services	no figures
Aubignosc	04	309 km S	616	32.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Couloisy	60	345 km NW	592	28.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 100 %
Gruchet-Saint-Siméon	76	486 km NW	682	24.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · 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 Mesnay'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
Laval-sur-Vologne	88	159 km NE	628	24	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Leyviller	57	249 km N	502	27.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Bolsenheim	67	217 km NE	577	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Gunsbach	68	164 km NE	856	27	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Clastres	02	369 km NW	589	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Méry-la-Bataille	60	376 km NW	604	34.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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