Meilhan

Landes · CC du Pays Tarusate · INSEE 40180

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

Partly served 42.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 62 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meilhan (INSEE 40180) is in Landes (40), part of CC du Pays Tarusate. Population 1,237 (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/40180-meilhan

Vitality score

Vitality score 42.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 62 % of the 13,039 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.87
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.92	10	9.19
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.69

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 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) (DE BARROS). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE BISTRO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE BOURBON). ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SARAH FRACHET, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS DELETRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DUMARTIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEILHAN AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MEILHAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LE REFLET DU MIROIR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	DE BARROS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	LE BISTRO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE BOURBON	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	SARAH FRACHET, MÉDECIN · FRANÇOIS DELETRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DUMARTIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MEILHAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE DE MEILHAN	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	1	LE REFLET DU MIROIR	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	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: 951 2023: 1,237 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,133 (2012) → 1,237 (2023): 9.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 872 (1990) → 1,237 (2023): 41.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 583, of which 3.1 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 8.9 km SW 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 (Meilhan): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Tartas): 8.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Meilhan): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Meilhan): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 42.7

Days at or below 0 °C 47.6

Muggy days a summer 9.7

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 43 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BEGAAR weather station, 10.9 km away at 19 m; the village itself is at 63 m. ^[10]

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

Humidity measured at MONT-DE-MARSAN, 17.3 km away at 59 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 995 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST MARTIN ONEY, 7.6 km away at 55 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 — 40180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40180
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40313
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
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde	16	173 km N	1,254	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Les Hautes-Rivières	08	791 km NE	1,239	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Dampierre	39	621 km NE	1,314	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 58 %
Vermand	02	730 km N	1,104	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Arzano	29	496 km NW	1,441	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Marcillé-Robert	35	457 km N	1,017	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde	16	173 km N	1,254	47.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 89 % · humidity 57 %
Marcillé-Robert	35	457 km N	1,017	38.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 81 % · humidity 43 %
Arzano	29	496 km NW	1,441	38.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 70 % · humidity 43 %
Dampierre	39	621 km NE	1,314	44.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 51 % · winter 58 %
Vermand	02	730 km N	1,104	40.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 %
Les Hautes-Rivières	08	791 km NE	1,239	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Meilhan'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
Ygos-Saint-Saturnin	40	13 km N	1,334	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Sabres	40	32 km N	1,213	49.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Bégaar	40	12 km W	1,251	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Seyches	47	111 km NE	1,063	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Duravel	46	160 km NE	950	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Le Fleix	24	136 km NE	1,488	45	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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