Méthamis

Vaucluse · CC Ventoux Sud · INSEE 84075

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

Partly served 41/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Méthamis (INSEE 84075) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Ventoux Sud. Population 450 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 41/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 86 % of the 17,963 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	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.78	10	7.78
Housing mix	0.53	5	2.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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 (KAPRICE BANTOU TRAITEUR FACE AU LAVOIR CHAMBRE D HOTES · LE 39.5). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CALADE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	2	KAPRICE BANTOU TRAITEUR FACE AU LAVOIR CHAMBRE D HOTES · LE 39.5	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE METHAMIS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	METHAMIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CALADE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 287 2023: 450 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 392 (2012) → 450 (2023): 14.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 352 (1990) → 450 (2023): 27.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 23.5 % second homes and 9.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 4.8 km NBakery — 4.9 km NFood shop — 4.9 km NPharmacy — 8.8 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 (Villes-sur-Auzon): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Villes-sur-Auzon): 4.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Villes-sur-Auzon): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Mazan): 8.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Méthamis): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 36.9

Days at or below 0 °C 42.3

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MORMOIRON weather station, 6.6 km away at 308 m; the village itself is at 319 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MURS-SALUT, 8 km away at 470 m, over 12 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 151 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 829 mm of rain a year, spread over 71 days — about 11.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at METHAMIS, 1.2 km away at 250 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84075/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84075/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84075/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84075/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84148
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 84075
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
Cesseras	34	216 km W	435	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Salles-Courbatiès	12	256 km W	480	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saints-en-Puisaye	89	429 km N	548	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
La Tour	06	157 km E	540	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Caseneuve	84	26 km SE	527	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-de-Joux	01	244 km N	507	37	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caseneuve	84	26 km SE	527	43.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 5 % · humidity 93 %
La Tour	06	157 km E	540	44.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 64 %
Cesseras	34	216 km W	435	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 72 % · humidity 50 %
Saint-Germain-de-Joux	01	244 km N	507	37	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Salles-Courbatiès	12	256 km W	480	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saints-en-Puisaye	89	429 km N	548	37.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Méthamis'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
Salles-Courbatiès	12	256 km W	480	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Gigondas	84	24 km NW	448	44.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vercheny	26	78 km N	443	43	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Nauviale	12	230 km W	577	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Dunière-sur-Eyrieux	07	100 km NW	437	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Villedieu	84	34 km NW	507	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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