Montmeyan

Identity

Montmeyan (INSEE 83084) is in Var (83), part of CC Provence Verdon. Population 596 (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/83084-montmeyan

Vitality score

Vitality score 56.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 17,098 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA FLUTE DOREE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHEZ FABIEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

6 × Restaurant (CHEZ PEPONNE · GUINGUETTE · LES BERGES DU LAC · PIZZAS DON CAMILLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (NELLY B). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING DU CHATEAU DE L 'EOUVIERE · CAMPING LOU TROUMPETOUN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 592 (2012) → 596 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 380 (1990) → 596 (2023): 56.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 554, of which 24.9 % second homes and 17 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montmeyan): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montmeyan): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Régusse): 5.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Régusse): 5.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

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

Climate

An average of 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the REGUSSE weather station, 4.1 km away at 561 m; the village itself is at 480 m. ^[10]

The village sits 81 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at REGUSSE, 4.1 km away at 561 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 81 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 712 mm of rain a year, spread over 67 days — about 10.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at REGUSSE, 4.1 km away at 561 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83084/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83084/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83084/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 83084/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83084
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 83102
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024