Meilhaud

Identity

Meilhaud (INSEE 63222) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 507 (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/63222-meilhaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,761 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.

Services

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (EMMA COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 553 (2012) → 507 (2023): -8.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 323 (1990) → 507 (2023): 57 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 5.6 % second homes and 7.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Les Deux-Rives): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Les Deux-Rives): 1.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Issoire): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Champeix): 5.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Meilhaud): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ISSOIRE weather station, 7.9 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 449 m. ^[12]

The village sits 77 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °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 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 7.9 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 77 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 651 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MEILHAUD, 0.3 km away at 448 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63222/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63222/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63222/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63222/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63109
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63178
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63080
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63222
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024