Méry
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 48.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Méry (INSEE 73155) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Grand Lac. Population 2,150 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73155-mery
Vitality score
Vitality score 48.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 65 % of the 9,135 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.67 | 20 | 13.44 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.86 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (TIGRAN PATISSERIE). [3]
6 × Restaurant (SUSHI EN FOLIE · L'ANTRE 2 · CEYRA · POKE EN FOLIE · RT RESTAURATION). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE GRAINE D ETOILE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CAROLINE MORAIN, MÉDECIN · CELINE JURET, MÉDECIN). [3]
5 × Hairdresser (ISADY COIFFURE · ENTRE NOUS · REBECCA CALLIGARO COIFFEUSE A DOMIC · HAIR BY M · L'INSTANT REFLET). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | TIGRAN PATISSERIE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| 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 | 6 | SUSHI EN FOLIE · L'ANTRE 2 · CEYRA · POKE EN FOLIE · RT RESTAURATION | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE GRAINE D ETOILE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | CAROLINE MORAIN, MÉDECIN · CELINE JURET, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 5 | ISADY COIFFURE · ENTRE NOUS · REBECCA CALLIGARO COIFFEUSE A DOMIC · HAIR BY M · L'INSTANT REFLET | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [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
Population 1,539 (2012) → 2,150 (2023): 39.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 666 (1990) → 2,150 (2023): 222.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 956, of which 1.4 % second homes and 7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Méry): 1.4 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Drumettaz-Clarafond): 2.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Méry): 1.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Viviers-du-Lac): 2.4 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Méry): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the FECLAZ_SAPC weather station, 3.5 km away at 1,328 m; the village itself is at 380 m. [11]
The village sits 948 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 FECLAZ_SAPC, 3.5 km away at 1,328 m, over 18 summers. [11]
That station sits 948 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 1,640 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 12.1 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at FECLAZ_SAPC, 3.5 km away at 1,328 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 — 73155/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73155/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73155/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73155/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73155
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73103
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73328
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 74 | 26 km N | 2,325 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villers-Écalles | 76 | 574 km NW | 1,698 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lompret | 59 | 600 km N | 2,155 | 38.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brasles | 02 | 423 km NW | 1,788 | 45.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Oberschaeffolsheim | 67 | 352 km N | 2,597 | 40.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Camblain-Châtelain | 62 | 597 km NW | 1,762 | 32.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales | 74 | 26 km N | 2,325 | 41.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Oberschaeffolsheim | 67 | 352 km N | 2,597 | 40.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Brasles | 02 | 423 km NW | 1,788 | 45.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villers-Écalles | 76 | 574 km NW | 1,698 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Camblain-Châtelain | 62 | 597 km NW | 1,762 | 32.7 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 70 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lompret | 59 | 600 km N | 2,155 | 38.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 68 % · 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 Méry'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Écalles | 76 | 574 km NW | 1,698 | 34 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Corny-sur-Moselle | 57 | 377 km N | 2,168 | 46.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chalifert | 77 | 433 km NW | 1,584 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montcy-Notre-Dame | 08 | 468 km N | 1,535 | 40 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Pavace | 72 | 512 km NW | 2,007 | 31.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Verquigneul | 62 | 592 km NW | 1,978 | 35.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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