Mésigny

Haute-Savoie · CC Fier et Usses · INSEE 74179

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

Few services 35.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mésigny (INSEE 74179) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CC Fier et Usses. Population 804 (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/74179-mesigny

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 15,622 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.89	10	8.89
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.53

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 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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]

2 × Restaurant. ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MÉSIGNY). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (LA COIFFURE BY CHLOE). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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 SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MÉSIGNY	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	LA COIFFURE BY CHLOE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 289 2023: 804 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 692 (2012) → 804 (2023): 16.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 579 (1990) → 804 (2023): 38.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 358, of which 4.7 % second homes and 5.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.1 km NFood shop — 2.1 km NGP — 4.4 km SEPharmacy — 6.8 km NW 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 (Sallenôves): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Sallenôves): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Sillingy): 4.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Frangy): 6.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.7

Days at or below 0 °C 79.6

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MEYTHET weather station, 9.5 km away at 455 m; the village itself is at 520 m. ^[12]

The village sits 65 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 MEYTHET, 9.5 km away at 455 m, over 29 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 65 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 1,207 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CERCIER, 5.8 km away at 492 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 — 74179/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74179/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74179/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74179/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74257
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74272
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74131
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74179
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
Saint-Sulpice	73	48 km S	821	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Prunay-en-Yvelines	78	425 km NW	808	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Bougue	40	555 km SW	833	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 29 %
Saiguède	31	471 km SW	794	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Monthou-sur-Bièvre	41	395 km NW	793	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 %
Contest	53	564 km NW	834	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 46 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Sulpice	73	48 km S	821	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Monthou-sur-Bièvre	41	395 km NW	793	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 95 % · winter 68 %
Prunay-en-Yvelines	78	425 km NW	808	28.8	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saiguède	31	471 km SW	794	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 43 % · humidity 43 %
Bougue	40	555 km SW	833	33.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 54 % · winter 53 % · humidity 29 %
Contest	53	564 km NW	834	30.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 46 %

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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 Mésigny'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
Saint-Sulpice	73	48 km S	821	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Mûres	74	20 km S	870	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Berzé-la-Ville	71	109 km NW	708	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Cercier	74	5.6 km NE	734	32.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lignerolles	03	267 km W	760	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Izier	21	157 km NW	783	42.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

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