Mesves-sur-Loire
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 31/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 51 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Mesves-sur-Loire (INSEE 58164) is in Nièvre (58), part of CC Coeur de Loire. Population 662 (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/58164-mesves-sur-loire
Vitality score
Vitality score 31/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 51 % of the 16,666 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.84 | 10 | 8.37 |
| Housing mix | 0.65 | 5 | 3.25 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MESVES DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MESVES SUR LOIRE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MEVES SUR LOIRE). [3]
1 × Hotel (LES BROUSSAILLES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [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) | 1 | MESVES DISTRIBUTION | 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 | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | 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 | 1 | MESVES SUR LOIRE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MEVES SUR LOIRE | 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 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 1 | LES BROUSSAILLES | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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
Population 685 (2012) → 662 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 495 (1990) → 662 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 434, of which 17.5 % second homes and 8.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Herry): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Mesves-sur-Loire): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Pouilly-sur-Loire): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (La Charité-sur-Loire): 7.8 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Mesves-sur-Loire): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the POUILLY SUR LOI weather station, 6.2 km away at 225 m; the village itself is at 158 m. [12]
The village sits 67 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °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 2 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at POUILLY SUR LOI, 6.2 km away at 225 m, over 17 summers. [12]
That station sits 67 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]
An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at LA CHARITE GER, 5.9 km away at 184 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]
What property sold for
58 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 86,500 € — 899 € per m² of built surface. [13]
The median across Nièvre is 893 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [13]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58164/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58164/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58164/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 58164/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 18110
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58164
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58215
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 58059
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Étienne-Lardeyrol | 43 | 254 km S | 771 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Coudrecieux | 72 | 196 km NW | 636 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champsevraine | 52 | 200 km E | 719 | 28.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montvicq | 03 | 104 km S | 692 | 28 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vignols | 19 | 247 km SW | 536 | 26.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Taugon | 17 | 310 km W | 772 | 29.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montvicq | 03 | 104 km S | 692 | 28 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Coudrecieux | 72 | 196 km NW | 636 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champsevraine | 52 | 200 km E | 719 | 28.1 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vignols | 19 | 247 km SW | 536 | 26.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 43 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-Lardeyrol | 43 | 254 km S | 771 | 31.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 % |
| Taugon | 17 | 310 km W | 772 | 29.8 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 100 % · winter 82 % |
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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 Mesves-sur-Loire'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudrecieux | 72 | 196 km NW | 636 | 30.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chemillé-sur-Dême | 37 | 182 km W | 707 | 30.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Plottes | 71 | 163 km SE | 558 | 26.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Voussac | 03 | 102 km S | 494 | 30.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gengoux-de-Scissé | 71 | 161 km SE | 592 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Voust | 85 | 286 km W | 642 | 34.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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