Messas

Loiret · CC des Terres du Val de Loire · INSEE 45202

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

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Messas (INSEE 45202) is in Loiret (45), part of CC des Terres du Val de Loire. Population 1,003 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/45202-messas

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 14,299 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.58	10	5.84
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

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

2 × Restaurant (PIZZA FRED/SISSI · CHOP' CHOPE ET CASA 103). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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]
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	2	PIZZA FRED/SISSI · CHOP' CHOPE ET CASA 103	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 521 2023: 1,003 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 874 (2012) → 1,003 (2023): 14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 925 (1990) → 1,003 (2023): 8.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 448, of which 1.8 % second homes and 6.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 1.6 km EBakery — 2.5 km EPharmacy — 2.6 km EGP — 3.4 km S 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 (Baule): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Baule): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaugency): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Baule): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Messas): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.8

Days at or below 0 °C 60.9

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-HILAIRE-ST-M weather station, 16.9 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 110 m. ^[11]

An average of 673 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 5.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BAULE, 2.9 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 — 45202/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45202/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45202/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45202/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45024
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45202
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
Nordheim	67	445 km E	945	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Saintines	60	186 km NE	1,060	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols	30	485 km SE	798	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %
La Chapelle-du-Noyer	28	37 km NW	1,015	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Mortefontaine-en-Thelle	60	167 km N	958	34.2	Few services	no figures
Lirac	30	481 km SE	955	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 72 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Chapelle-du-Noyer	28	37 km NW	1,015	22.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 85 %
Mortefontaine-en-Thelle	60	167 km N	958	34.2	Few services	no figures
Saintines	60	186 km NE	1,060	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 %
Nordheim	67	445 km E	945	44	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 %
Lirac	30	481 km SE	955	43.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 26 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Côme-et-Maruéjols	30	485 km SE	798	41.4	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 0 % · winter 70 %

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