Meslan

Morbihan · CC Roi Morvan Communauté · INSEE 56131

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

Few services 38.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meslan (INSEE 56131) is in Morbihan (56), part of CC Roi Morvan Communauté. Population 1,479 (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/56131-meslan

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 11,752 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.52	10	5.19
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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) (ANTOINE LE BOULANGER). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE DE MESLAN). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE MESLANNAIS). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ARBRE JAUNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CRISTINA GIOSU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE- LUDOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MESLAN). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (SALON DE COIFFURE MESLAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HÔTEL LE VIEUX PUITS). ^[3]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	ANTOINE LE BOULANGER	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICERIE DE MESLAN	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	2	LE MESLANNAIS	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE L'ARBRE JAUNE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE NOTRE DAME	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	CRISTINA GIOSU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	MESLAN AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE- LUDOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MESLAN	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	1	SALON DE COIFFURE MESLAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HÔTEL LE VIEUX PUITS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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: 1,656 2023: 1,479 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,391 (2012) → 1,479 (2023): 6.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,452 (1990) → 1,479 (2023): 1.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 855, of which 7.8 % second homes and 13.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km EPharmacy — 8.7 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 (Meslan): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meslan): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Meslan): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Querrien): 8.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Meslan): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.1

Days at or below 0 °C 42.4

Muggy days a summer 1.6

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 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LANVENEGEN weather station, 5.2 km away at 97 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at PLOURAY, 12.7 km away at 205 m, over 12 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 93 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,219 mm of rain a year, spread over 150 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LANVENEGEN, 5.2 km away at 97 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 — 56131/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56131/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56131/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 56131/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 56131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 29230
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
Mensignac	24	433 km SE	1,521	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lagraulière	19	486 km SE	1,197	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saché	37	309 km E	1,403	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Béruges	86	317 km SE	1,528	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chambourg-sur-Indre	37	342 km E	1,265	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ogeu-les-Bains	64	585 km SE	1,290	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saché	37	309 km E	1,403	46.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Béruges	86	317 km SE	1,528	37.3	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Chambourg-sur-Indre	37	342 km E	1,265	41.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mensignac	24	433 km SE	1,521	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Lagraulière	19	486 km SE	1,197	34.4	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ogeu-les-Bains	64	585 km SE	1,290	40.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 97 % · humidity 29 %

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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 Meslan'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
Gosné	35	149 km E	2,145	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gérand-Croixanvec	56	43 km E	1,312	38	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Dangeau	28	351 km E	1,259	38.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Barthélemy	56	30 km E	1,197	36.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Loyat	56	78 km E	1,750	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Denis-de-Gastines	53	195 km E	1,463	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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