Messeix
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Messeix (INSEE 63225) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CC Chavanon Combrailles et Volcans. Population 998 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63225-messeix
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 14,324 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.43 | 10 | 4.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.15 | 10 | 1.46 |
| Housing mix | 0.48 | 5 | 2.42 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LAMADON CHADEYRON). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (LE COIN LATINO). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES 3 VALLEES). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE MINIERE DE MESSEIX). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHEQUE RELAIS MESSEIX). [3]
1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | LAMADON CHADEYRON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 1 | LE COIN LATINO | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES 3 VALLEES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE MINIERE DE MESSEIX | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | MÉDIATHEQUE RELAIS MESSEIX | 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | MAIRIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 1,099 (2012) → 998 (2023): -9.2 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,544 (1990) → 998 (2023): -35.4 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 924, of which 25.8 % second homes and 14.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Messeix): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Messeix): 2 km to the east (straight line). [9]
GP (Bourg-Lastic): 4 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Messeix): 1.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Messeix): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ST-SULPICE weather station, 5.7 km away at 851 m; the village itself is at 758 m. [11]
The village sits 93 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ST-SULPICE, 5.7 km away at 851 m, over 23 summers. [11]
That station sits 93 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,006 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-SULPICE, 5.7 km away at 851 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63225/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2026-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/626d8000-4bec-33b6-b69e-d8f147754a0a— “Marché des artisans et producteurs locaux”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63225/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63225/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63225/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63225
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 63048
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassetot-le-Mauconduit | 76 | 489 km N | 997 | 48.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 36 % |
| Job | 63 | 94 km E | 1,016 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bujaleuf | 87 | 74 km W | 869 | 52.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 % |
| Lhuis | 01 | 233 km E | 886 | 56.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Landeleau | 29 | 558 km NW | 993 | 44.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Port | 76 | 490 km N | 826 | 45.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bujaleuf | 87 | 74 km W | 869 | 52.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 % |
| Job | 63 | 94 km E | 1,016 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lhuis | 01 | 233 km E | 886 | 56.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Sassetot-le-Mauconduit | 76 | 489 km N | 997 | 48.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 36 % |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Port | 76 | 490 km N | 826 | 45.8 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 36 % |
| Landeleau | 29 | 558 km NW | 993 | 44.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
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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 Messeix'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job | 63 | 94 km E | 1,016 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montaignac-sur-Doustre | 19 | 53 km SW | 633 | 39.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Coudray-Saint-Germer | 60 | 425 km N | 870 | 41.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sornac | 19 | 28 km W | 776 | 56.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Salles-Curan | 12 | 161 km S | 1,043 | 49.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sainte-Catherine | 69 | 158 km E | 969 | 52.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
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