Menars

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41134

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

Partly served 54.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 96 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Menars (INSEE 41134) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 609 (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/41134-menars

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 16,993 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.05
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 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) (A FLEUR DE PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (WIRG). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CHEZ L'EPICIERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DE LA POMPADOUR). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADIB TOUZANI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MENARS RP). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (RICHER ROSELYNE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	A FLEUR DE PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	WIRG	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	CHEZ L'EPICIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DE LA POMPADOUR	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE VICTOR HUGO · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ADIB TOUZANI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	MENARS RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	RICHER ROSELYNE	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: 431 peak 2017: 626 2023: 609 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 612 (2012) → 609 (2023): -0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 551 (1990) → 609 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 330, of which 3 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.9 km E 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 (Menars): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Menars): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Menars): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montlivault): 2.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Menars): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 38.5

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BLOIS - VILLE weather station, 9.5 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 94 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 15.4 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 701 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BLOIS - VILLE, 9.5 km away at 69 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 — 41134/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41134/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41134/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41134/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41134
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41148
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
Marchenoir	41	20 km N	677	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Noyers-Saint-Martin	60	222 km N	887	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Laveline-devant-Bruyères	88	403 km E	581	42.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Almenêches	61	152 km NW	638	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Carrouges	61	155 km NW	623	64.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
La Chapelle-d'Angillon	18	83 km E	606	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marchenoir	41	20 km N	677	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Chapelle-d'Angillon	18	83 km E	606	35.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Almenêches	61	152 km NW	638	59.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Carrouges	61	155 km NW	623	64.2	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 85 %
Noyers-Saint-Martin	60	222 km N	887	54.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Laveline-devant-Bruyères	88	403 km E	581	42.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Menars'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
Marchenoir	41	20 km N	677	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Tréveray	55	315 km E	548	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Romans-lès-Melle	79	201 km SW	729	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Nouans-les-Fontaines	37	57 km S	672	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
La Puye	86	122 km SW	608	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Ourouer-les-Bourdelins	18	130 km SE	603	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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