Mérindol

Vaucluse · CA Luberon Monts de Vaucluse · INSEE 84074

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

Served 65.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Mérindol (INSEE 84074) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CA Luberon Monts de Vaucluse. Population 2,283 (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/84074-merindol

Vitality score

Vitality score 65.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 8,765 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	0.88	20	17.59
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.76	5	3.78

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 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DU VINGTAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

8 × Restaurant (LE REGALON · LA BASTIDE DU GRAND TILLEUL · LE BIGRE · SUSHI'C). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SOPHIE NGUYEN, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE PINTARD, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE DAMELINCOURT, MÉDECIN · ASTRID CHARDINY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LES OLIVIERS). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE MÉRINDOL). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (STUDIO CLN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 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	LE FOURNIL DU VINGTAIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	8	LE REGALON · LA BASTIDE DU GRAND TILLEUL · LE BIGRE · SUSHI'C	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE MERINDOL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	SOPHIE NGUYEN, MÉDECIN · SYLVIE PINTARD, MÉDECIN · CÉLINE DAMELINCOURT, MÉDECIN · ASTRID CHARDINY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LES OLIVIERS	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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE MÉRINDOL	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	STUDIO CLN	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	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

1968: 869 2023: 2,283 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,987 (2012) → 2,283 (2023): 14.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,521 (1990) → 2,283 (2023): 50.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,275, of which 12.2 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 0.5 km SW 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 (Mérindol): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Mérindol): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Mérindol): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mérindol): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Mérindol): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 46.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 14▸

Muggy days a summer 8.1

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 47 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the OPPEDE CRETE DU PETIT LUBERON weather station, 7.6 km away at 672 m; the village itself is at 167 m. ^[9]

The village sits 505 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at OPPEDE CRETE DU PETIT LUBERON, 7.6 km away at 672 m, over 22 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 505 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 663 mm of rain a year, spread over 63 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MERINDOL, 0.9 km away at 150 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84074/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84074/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84074/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84074/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84074
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
La Cavalerie	12	166 km W	2,223	63.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 22 % · humidity 43 %
Sizun	29	882 km NW	2,325	64.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Just-Luzac	17	543 km NW	2,136	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Maurs	15	262 km NW	2,174	66.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Messery	74	301 km N	2,474	56.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Rugles	27	661 km NW	2,199	62.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 32 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Cavalerie	12	166 km W	2,223	63.8	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 22 % · humidity 43 %
Maurs	15	262 km NW	2,174	66.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 81 % · humidity 64 %
Messery	74	301 km N	2,474	56.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 66 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Just-Luzac	17	543 km NW	2,136	55.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rugles	27	661 km NW	2,199	62.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 13 % · winter 32 %
Sizun	29	882 km NW	2,325	64.3	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %

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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 Mérindol'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
Laurens	34	164 km W	1,815	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Lézignan-la-Cèbe	34	145 km W	1,580	47.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Pinet	34	142 km W	2,049	48.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Rieux-Minervois	11	217 km W	1,957	45.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Tourbes	34	151 km W	1,936	53	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Chinian	34	186 km W	1,811	64.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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