La Tour-du-Meix
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 26.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Tour-du-Meix (INSEE 39534) is in Jura (39), part of CC Terre d'Émeraude Communauté. Population 261 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 26.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 72 % of the 17,386 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 | 0.49 | 20 | 9.82 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.48 | 5 | 2.4 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (LA GUINGUETTE · LE BALCON · RENNARK · GMBR). [3,4]
1 × Hairdresser (MOBIL' COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DU SURCHAUFFANT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
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, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 4 | LA GUINGUETTE · LE BALCON · RENNARK · GMBR | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [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 | 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 | 1 | MOBIL' COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DU SURCHAUFFANT | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 231 (2012) → 261 (2023): 13 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 167 (1990) → 261 (2023): 56.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 169, of which 26 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Largillay-Marsonnay): 2.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Orgelet): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
GP (Orgelet): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Orgelet): 4 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Orgelet): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ORGELET weather station, 3.3 km away at 493 m; the village itself is at 472 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at CHAUX-DES-PRES-INRAE, 15.7 km away at 854 m, over 10 summers. [10]
That station sits 382 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,432 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 9.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ORGELET, 3.3 km away at 493 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 — 39534/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39534/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39534/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 39534/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39278
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 39397
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Puech | 34 | 365 km SW | 262 | 24.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 1 % · humidity 57 % |
| Goldbach-Altenbach | 68 | 185 km NE | 261 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Laprade | 16 | 446 km W | 248 | 21.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 36 % |
| Vault-de-Lugny | 89 | 175 km NW | 271 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Les Brunels | 11 | 449 km SW | 268 | 24.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 % |
| Mouzieys-Panens | 81 | 398 km SW | 256 | 21.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vault-de-Lugny | 89 | 175 km NW | 271 | 14.5 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 % |
| Goldbach-Altenbach | 68 | 185 km NE | 261 | 19.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Puech | 34 | 365 km SW | 262 | 24.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 1 % · humidity 57 % |
| Mouzieys-Panens | 81 | 398 km SW | 256 | 21.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 43 % |
| Laprade | 16 | 446 km W | 248 | 21.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 42 % · humidity 36 % |
| Les Brunels | 11 | 449 km SW | 268 | 24.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 26 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Tour-du-Meix'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron | 71 | 106 km W | 274 | 22.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Obersteinbach | 67 | 317 km NE | 234 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Usson | 63 | 211 km SW | 286 | 22.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Cierge-sous-le-Cheylard | 07 | 202 km SW | 214 | 20 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Windstein | 67 | 313 km NE | 177 | 17 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Martin-de-Clelles | 38 | 187 km S | 184 | 22.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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