Meilhan-sur-Garonne

Lot-et-Garonne · CA Val de Garonne Agglomération · INSEE 47165

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

Few services 39.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meilhan-sur-Garonne (INSEE 47165) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CA Val de Garonne Agglomération. Population 1,326 (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/47165-meilhan-sur-garonne

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 12,495 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.56	10	5.57
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PHIL AU FOURNIL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (L'ARTISAN BOUCHER). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Restaurant (CHEZ PIERRETTE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE ECOLE DE TERSAC). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE JAUTARD MARC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MEILHAN SUR GARONNE LPA AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MEILHAN-SUR-GARONNE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE MEILHAN). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PHIL AU FOURNIL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	L'ARTISAN BOUCHER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	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	2	CHEZ PIERRETTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARCEL BIREM	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE ECOLE DE TERSAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE JAUTARD MARC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MEILHAN SUR GARONNE LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MEILHAN-SUR-GARONNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE · CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DE MEILHAN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3		INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,404 2023: 1,326 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,349 (2012) → 1,326 (2023): -1.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,255 (1990) → 1,326 (2023): 5.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 740, of which 8.1 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 4.8 km NE 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 (Meilhan-sur-Garonne): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meilhan-sur-Garonne): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lamothe-Landerron): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Meilhan-sur-Garonne): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Meilhan-sur-Garonne): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.1

Days at or below 0 °C 15.1▸

Muggy days a summer 9.2

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 36 days a year at or above 30 °C and 15 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MAUVEZIN-SUR-GUPIE weather station, 11.2 km away at 95 m; the village itself is at 41 m. ^[10]

The village sits 54 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 9 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MAUVEZIN-SUR-GUPIE, 11.2 km away at 95 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 54 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 769 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MAUVEZIN-SUR-GUPIE, 11.2 km away at 95 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 — 47165/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47165/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47165/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47165/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 33221
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
Nouzilly	37	341 km N	1,234	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %
Foussais-Payré	85	230 km N	1,168	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Gensac-la-Pallue	16	128 km N	1,627	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Monestiés	81	172 km E	1,381	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	266 km N	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Coligny	01	463 km NE	1,360	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 35 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Gensac-la-Pallue	16	128 km N	1,627	41.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 81 % · humidity 79 %
Monestiés	81	172 km E	1,381	35.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 61 % · humidity 71 %
Foussais-Payré	85	230 km N	1,168	37.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers	86	266 km N	1,310	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 64 %
Nouzilly	37	341 km N	1,234	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %
Coligny	01	463 km NE	1,360	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 67 % · winter 35 %

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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 Meilhan-sur-Garonne'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
Villeneuve-Minervois	11	236 km SE	979	64.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Tresques	30	365 km E	1,829	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Lalande	11	209 km SE	1,107	37.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Villegly	11	237 km SE	1,247	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Arzens	11	228 km SE	1,174	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Pezens	11	228 km SE	1,611	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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