Mézières-en-Gâtinais

Loiret · CC Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais · INSEE 45205

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

Few services 24.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mézières-en-Gâtinais (INSEE 45205) is in Loiret (45), part of CC Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais. Population 261 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 17,386 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.74	10	7.43
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.71

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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”.

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

2 × Restaurant (A LAU PIZZA · LE CAMION A PIZZA). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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)	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	2	A LAU PIZZA · LE CAMION A PIZZA	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
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: 257 peak 2017: 272 2023: 261 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 258 (2012) → 261 (2023): 1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 210 (1990) → 261 (2023): 24.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 137, of which 2.9 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 3.8 km NEBakery — 5.0 km SEFood shop — 5.1 km SEPharmacy — 5.1 km SEGP — 5.9 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 (Ladon): 5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ladon): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Bellegarde): 5.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Ladon): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Lorcy): 3.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.7

Days at or below 0 °C 50.8

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LADON weather station, 5.1 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at AMILLY, 19.5 km away at 91 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

An average of 697 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LADON, 5.1 km away at 99 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 — 45205/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45205/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45205/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45205/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45178
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45031
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45186
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
Richeville	27	154 km NW	264	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Magny-Fouchard	10	154 km E	260	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Calmoutier	70	286 km E	263	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Urdens	32	485 km S	264	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Sarcy	51	163 km NE	268	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Roumens	31	510 km S	250	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Magny-Fouchard	10	154 km E	260	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Richeville	27	154 km NW	264	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sarcy	51	163 km NE	268	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 %
Calmoutier	70	286 km E	263	21.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Urdens	32	485 km S	264	22.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 49 % · winter 73 % · humidity 36 %
Roumens	31	510 km S	250	24.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 51 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Mézières-en-Gâtinais'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
Richeville	27	154 km NW	264	21.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Magny-Fouchard	10	154 km E	260	20.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Fresnoy-le-Château	10	130 km E	269	21.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Chérisey	57	297 km NE	280	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Palante	70	309 km E	242	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine	10	167 km E	246	16.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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