Mesland

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41137

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

Few services 38.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mesland (INSEE 41137) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 539 (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/41137-mesland

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,568 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.62	10	6.16
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.11

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (WILLO). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE SAINT VINCENT). ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE DE MESLAND). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING YELLOH PARC DU VAL DE LOIRE · CAMPING LA FERME MESLANDAISE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	WILLO	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE SAINT VINCENT	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)	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	1	MESLAND AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT-LECTURE DE MESLAND	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING YELLOH PARC DU VAL DE LOIRE · CAMPING LA FERME MESLANDAISE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 605 2023: 539 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 570 (2012) → 539 (2023): -5.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 483 (1990) → 539 (2023): 11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 304, of which 8.9 % second homes and 12.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.7 km SGP — 4.2 km EPharmacy — 4.2 km EBakery — 4.3 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 (Veuzain-sur-Loire): 4.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Monteaux): 2.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Veuzain-sur-Loire): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Veuzain-sur-Loire): 4.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mesland): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.4

Days at or below 0 °C 51.2

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTEAUX weather station, 3.8 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 90 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BLOIS, 19.9 km away at 119 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 718 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTEAUX, 3.8 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41137/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41137/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41137/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41137/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41167
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41144
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41137
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-Barthélemy-d'Agenais	47	337 km S	549	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Daon	53	135 km W	543	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Marigny-Marmande	37	76 km SW	601	42	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Fongrave	47	349 km S	629	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Canaules-et-Argentières	30	454 km SE	475	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Mandres-la-Côte	52	321 km E	556	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Marigny-Marmande	37	76 km SW	601	42	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 82 %
Daon	53	135 km W	543	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Mandres-la-Côte	52	321 km E	556	42.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Barthélemy-d'Agenais	47	337 km S	549	40.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 84 % · humidity 64 %
Fongrave	47	349 km S	629	38.8	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 26 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Canaules-et-Argentières	30	454 km SE	475	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Mesland'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
Daon	53	135 km W	543	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-de-Joux	01	381 km E	507	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Étroussat	03	215 km SE	649	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Thoury-Férottes	77	161 km NE	649	41.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Neuillay-les-Bois	36	87 km S	660	39.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Porcaro	56	252 km W	743	40.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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