Messery

Haute-Savoie · CA Thonon Agglomération · INSEE 74180

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

Partly served 56.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Messery (INSEE 74180) is in Haute-Savoie (74), part of CA Thonon Agglomération. Population 2,474 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/74180-messery

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 8,314 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.7	5	3.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (L'EPI D'OR DU CHABLAIS · PETITS PAINS ET GOURMANDISES). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR CLIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT CASINO). ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (SNACK-BAR DE LA PLAGE · BELLA COSI · LES FIGUIERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LA PADELLA). ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MATTHIEU BOBILLIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU LAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MESSERY AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MESSERY ESPACE LITTORELLE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (FAVRE CARINNE · SALON HAIR MESS · HAIRNERGY COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LE RELAIS DU LEMAN). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	L'EPI D'OR DU CHABLAIS · PETITS PAINS ET GOURMANDISES	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR CLIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LE PETIT CASINO	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	4	SNACK-BAR DE LA PLAGE · BELLA COSI · LES FIGUIERS	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	LA PADELLA	INSEE SIRENE 1 [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)	1	MATTHIEU BOBILLIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU LAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MESSERY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MESSERY ESPACE LITTORELLE	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	3	FAVRE CARINNE · SALON HAIR MESS · HAIRNERGY COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	LE RELAIS DU LEMAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 393 2023: 2,474 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,135 (2012) → 2,474 (2023): 15.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,145 (1990) → 2,474 (2023): 116.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,372, of which 15.1 % second homes and 7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Messery): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Messery): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Messery): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Messery): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Messery): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20

Days at or below 0 °C 39.3

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the DOUVAINE SA weather station, 5.8 km away at 470 m; the village itself is at 425 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at THONON-INRAE, 12.6 km away at 376 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 944 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at DOUVAINE SA, 5.8 km away at 470 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

129 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 570,000 € — 4,255 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

53 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 304,550 € — 4,085 € per m². ^[10]

The median across Haute-Savoie is 4,214 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[10]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74180/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74180/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74180/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 74180/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 74180
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Maurs	15	367 km SW	2,174	66.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mérindol	84	301 km S	2,283	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
La Cavalerie	12	358 km SW	2,223	63.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Sizun	29	813 km W	2,325	64.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genest-Malifaux	42	184 km SW	2,921	76.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Just-Luzac	17	569 km W	2,136	55.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Genest-Malifaux	42	184 km SW	2,921	76.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 38 % · humidity 86 %
Mérindol	84	301 km S	2,283	65.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
La Cavalerie	12	358 km SW	2,223	63.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Maurs	15	367 km SW	2,174	66.1	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Just-Luzac	17	569 km W	2,136	55.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 77 % · humidity 64 %
Sizun	29	813 km W	2,325	64.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 76 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Messery'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
Nalliers	85	561 km W	2,389	58.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Peaugres	07	169 km SW	2,385	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Jarzé Villages	49	513 km W	2,798	58.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Villemeux-sur-Eure	28	445 km NW	1,780	55.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
La Planche	44	594 km W	2,810	52.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Civray	86	462 km W	2,522	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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