Meillon

Pyrénées-Atlantiques · CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées · INSEE 64376

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 32.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 42 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meillon (INSEE 64376) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CA Pau Béarn Pyrénées. Population 957 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/64376-meillon

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 42 % of the 14,598 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.85	10	8.5
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.88

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (CHACHA). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MEILLON). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	CHACHA	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MEILLON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF DE TURBOMECA	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 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

1968: 697 2023: 957 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 883 (2012) → 957 (2023): 8.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 709 (1990) → 957 (2023): 35 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 431, of which 1.2 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km SEGP — 2.1 km NWFood shop — 3.2 km SEPharmacy — 3.4 km SE 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 (Assat): 2.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Assat): 3.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aressy): 2.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Bordes): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Meillon): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.3

Days at or below 0 °C 21.8

Muggy days a summer 12.9▸

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 30 days a year at or above 30 °C and 22 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the PAU-(CIMETIERE) weather station, 6.7 km away at 202 m; the village itself is at 199 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 13 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PAU-UZEIN, 15.6 km away at 183 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,168 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at PAU LILAS, 5.4 km away at 219 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64376/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64376/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64376/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64376/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64067
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 64376
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
Clayes	35	559 km N	947	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	541 km N	970	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 14 %
La Bazoge-Montpinçon	53	558 km N	953	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 14 %
Yèbles	77	643 km N	980	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 14 %
Dieudonné	60	692 km N	987	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %
Leyrieu	38	521 km NE	919	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 29 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Leyrieu	38	521 km NE	919	34.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 51 % · humidity 29 %
La Chapelle-Anthenaise	53	541 km N	970	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 14 %
La Bazoge-Montpinçon	53	558 km N	953	34.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 76 % · humidity 14 %
Clayes	35	559 km N	947	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 85 % · humidity 21 %
Yèbles	77	643 km N	980	38.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 57 % · humidity 14 %
Dieudonné	60	692 km N	987	31.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 14 %

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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 Meillon'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
Arbus	64	17 km NW	1,226	24.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Tresserre	66	268 km E	1,166	28.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Douzens	11	236 km E	784	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Croix-du-Mont	33	148 km N	838	46.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Pujols-sur-Ciron	33	144 km N	945	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Corbère-les-Cabanes	66	253 km E	1,213	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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