Méneslies

Identity

Méneslies (INSEE 80527) is in Somme (80), part of CC du Vimeu. Population 298 (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/80527-meneslies

Vitality score

Vitality score 17/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,809 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.

Services

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 306 (2012) → 298 (2023): -2.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 327 (1990) → 298 (2023): -8.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 152, of which 9.9 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Béthencourt-sur-Mer): 2.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Dargnies): 2.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Woincourt): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Friville-Escarbotin): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Méneslies): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the CAYEUX-SUR-MER weather station, 14.4 km away at 4 m; the village itself is at 113 m. ^[13]

The village sits 109 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[13]

Humidity measured at CAYEUX-SUR-MER, 14.4 km away at 4 m, over 18 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 109 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[13]

An average of 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 142 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at BUIGNY-LES-GAMACHES, 6 km away at 114 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[13]

What property sold for

17 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 133,700 € — 995 € per m² of built surface. ^[14]

The median across Somme is 1,471 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[14]

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

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80527/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80527/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80527/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 80527/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80096
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80235
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80827
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80368
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 80527
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
14. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025