Meys

Rhône · CC des Monts du Lyonnais · INSEE 69132

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

Few services 39.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 67 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Meys (INSEE 69132) is in Rhône (69), part of CC des Monts du Lyonnais. Population 861 (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/69132-meys

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 67 % of the 15,217 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.95	10	9.54
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (HERVE NEEL DECOUPE ET FACONNAGE DE VIANDE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LES BISTROTS DE CAMPAGNE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	1	HERVE NEEL DECOUPE ET FACONNAGE DE VIANDE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LES BISTROTS DE CAMPAGNE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	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	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: 597 2023: 861 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 800 (2012) → 861 (2023): 7.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 592 (1990) → 861 (2023): 45.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 392, of which 5.9 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.5 km EBakery — 3.2 km SWPharmacy — 4.4 km SGP — 4.8 km S 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 (Maringes): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Meys): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chazelles-sur-Lyon): 4.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Chazelles-sur-Lyon): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Meys): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20

Days at or below 0 °C 70.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ST-SYMPHORIEN-C weather station, 7.9 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 550 m. ^[11]

The village sits 60 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]

An average of 854 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ST-SYMPHORIEN-C, 7.9 km away at 610 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 — 69132/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69132/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69132/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69132/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69132
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42059
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
Perrex	01	78 km NE	869	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 72 %
Bournand	86	366 km NW	914	39	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 51 %
Nieurlet	59	589 km N	908	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %
Pralong	42	28 km W	842	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Courçay	37	321 km NW	792	38	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 69 %
Izier	21	189 km N	783	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Pralong	42	28 km W	842	41.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 82 %
Perrex	01	78 km NE	869	36.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 59 % · winter 72 %
Izier	21	189 km N	783	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 92 %
Courçay	37	321 km NW	792	38	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 69 %
Bournand	86	366 km NW	914	39	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 51 %
Nieurlet	59	589 km N	908	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 59 %

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