Mercuès

Lot · CA du Grand Cahors · INSEE 46191

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

Partly served 58.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mercuès (INSEE 46191) is in Lot (46), part of CA du Grand Cahors. Population 1,122 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46191-mercues

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 93 % of the 13,656 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.96	10	9.61
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.51

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (EUROPIZZA · AU PAIN DORE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHEZ LAURENT). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FRANCE TERROIRS). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (PIZZ & PATISS · HIBANA · LA BROCHE DE JEANNOT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE MERCUES). ^[4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SONIA CHOUVET-MARTINEZ, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN MARTINEZ, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN AGUILLON, MÉDECIN · MANON THIVEAUD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MERCUÈS). ^[3]

1 × Bank (AGENCE MERCUES). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MELI MELEAU). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL CHATEAU DE MERCUES). ^[3,4]

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	EUROPIZZA · AU PAIN DORE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHEZ LAURENT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	FRANCE TERROIRS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	3	PIZZ & PATISS · HIBANA · LA BROCHE DE JEANNOT	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LE MERCUES	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MERCUES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	SONIA CHOUVET-MARTINEZ, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN MARTINEZ, MÉDECIN · SEBASTIEN AGUILLON, MÉDECIN · MANON THIVEAUD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MERCUÈS	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	1	AGENCE MERCUES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	MELI MELEAU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL CHATEAU DE MERCUES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Thursday 8 à 12 h derrière la boulangerie. ^[5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 435 2023: 1,122 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,036 (2012) → 1,122 (2023): 8.3 % over 10 years. ^[7,1]

Population 768 (1990) → 1,122 (2023): 46.1 % over 30 years. ^[8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 589, of which 4.9 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.9 km SE 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 (Mercuès): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Food shop (Mercuès): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Mercuès): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Pradines): 3.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41.6

Days at or below 0 °C 24.6

Muggy days a summer 10.7▸

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 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the CATUS weather station, 9.7 km away at 307 m; the village itself is at 148 m. ^[12]

The village sits 159 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 11 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ANGLARS, 14.1 km away at 104 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CATUS, 7.6 km away at 165 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 — 46191/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.mercues.fr/vie-municipale/infos-pratiques— “Marché hebdomadaire : tous les jeudis de 8 à 12 h, derrière la boulangerie”
DATAtourisme 2026-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/22/a5df326e-3d05-36ff-a14e-32d8cbcd87d3— “<p>Ce petit marché se tient chaque jeudi avec 2 exposants.</p>”
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46191/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46191/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46191/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46191
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46224
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
Ourville-en-Caux	76	585 km N	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %
Montfaucon-en-Velay	43	243 km E	1,158	60	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 14 % · humidity 21 %
Attigny	08	604 km N	1,094	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %
Auros	33	122 km W	1,072	58.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Lamagistère	82	61 km SW	1,218	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 84 %
Landéan	35	477 km NW	1,250	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lamagistère	82	61 km SW	1,218	47.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 84 %
Auros	33	122 km W	1,072	58.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Montfaucon-en-Velay	43	243 km E	1,158	60	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 14 % · humidity 21 %
Landéan	35	477 km NW	1,250	47.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 5 % · winter 86 % · humidity 29 %
Ourville-en-Caux	76	585 km N	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 72 % · humidity 29 %
Attigny	08	604 km N	1,094	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 46 % · humidity 36 %

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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 Mercuès'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
Puichéric	11	173 km SE	1,198	49.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Ornaisons	11	187 km SE	1,161	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Lézignan-la-Cèbe	34	199 km SE	1,580	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Dourgne	81	128 km SE	1,313	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Pépieux	11	169 km SE	1,118	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fabrezan	11	184 km SE	1,306	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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