Méhers

Loir-et-Cher · CC Val-de-Cher-Controis · INSEE 41132

A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 21/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 48 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Méhers (INSEE 41132) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Val-de-Cher-Controis. Population 303 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/41132-mehers

Vitality score

Vitality score 21/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 48 % of the 17,846 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.52
Housing mix	0.83	5	4.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 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, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LUDISIGN CAKE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	2	LUDISIGN CAKE	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 364 2023: 303 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 348 (2012) → 303 (2023): -12.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 263 (1990) → 303 (2023): 15.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 196, of which 8.7 % second homes and 15.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery GP — 2.6 km NEPrimary school — 2.8 km NEPharmacy — 4.4 km WFood shop — 7.1 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 (Méhers): 0.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Noyers-sur-Cher): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chémery): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Romain-sur-Cher): 4.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Chémery): 2.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.3

Days at or below 0 °C 59.6

Muggy days a summer 1.3

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the SELLES-SUR-CHER weather station, 11.9 km away at 83 m; the village itself is at 89 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ROMORANTIN, 17.4 km away at 83 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 722 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CONTRES, 10.4 km away at 103 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41132/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41132/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41132/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41132/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41164
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41049
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41229
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
Saint-Michel-de-Villadeix	24	267 km S	298	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Cartigny-l'Épinay	14	280 km NW	300	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Pierrefitte	79	143 km W	318	18.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bourg	46	293 km S	298	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Beaugas	47	321 km S	322	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Mesplède	64	457 km S	325	16.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pierrefitte	79	143 km W	318	18.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 72 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Michel-de-Villadeix	24	267 km S	298	18.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Cartigny-l'Épinay	14	280 km NW	300	17.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Le Bourg	46	293 km S	298	19.8	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Beaugas	47	321 km S	322	15.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 69 % · humidity 64 %
Mesplède	64	457 km S	325	16.3	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Méhers'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
Billancelles	28	130 km N	310	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Charmoy	71	227 km E	276	10.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Champigny-la-Futelaye	27	171 km N	271	14.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Feuillade	16	206 km S	283	22.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-des-Champs	89	124 km E	258	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Nizerolles	03	215 km SE	282	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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