La Meyze

Haute-Vienne · CC du Pays de Saint Yrieix · INSEE 87096

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

Partly served 43.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Meyze (INSEE 87096) is in Haute-Vienne (87), part of CC du Pays de Saint Yrieix. Population 842 (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/87096-la-meyze

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 15,348 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.48	10	4.81
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.96

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL AREDIEN). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (CHAPMAN JAYNE · L'O A LA BOUCHE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-PHILIPPE LELEU, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PENICAUT BECHADE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Hairdresser (PETIT NOELLE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL AREDIEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	CHAPMAN JAYNE · L'O A LA BOUCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	JEAN-PHILIPPE LELEU, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE PENICAUT BECHADE	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 MEYZE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	PETIT NOELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 1,081 2023: 842 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 838 (2012) → 842 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 858 (1990) → 842 (2023): -1.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 530, of which 10.4 % second homes and 12.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 6.0 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 (La Meyze): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nexon): 6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Meyze): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

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

Primary school (La Meyze): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.9

Days at or below 0 °C 50.8

Muggy days a summer 2.2

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the NEXON weather station, 7.6 km away at 336 m; the village itself is at 366 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST YRIEIX LA PE, 11.5 km away at 404 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,011 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at NEXON, 7.6 km away at 336 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87096/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87096/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87096/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 87096/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87096
INSEE BPE 2025 — 87106
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
Cerdon	45	241 km N	880	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Encausse-les-Thermes	31	288 km S	641	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Frontenac	33	146 km SW	803	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Prat-Bonrepaux	09	288 km S	888	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %
Champagne-Mouton	16	75 km NW	873	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Sauternes	33	172 km SW	788	60.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Champagne-Mouton	16	75 km NW	873	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Frontenac	33	146 km SW	803	38.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 64 %
Sauternes	33	172 km SW	788	60.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 36 %
Cerdon	45	241 km N	880	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Encausse-les-Thermes	31	288 km S	641	47.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 71 %
Prat-Bonrepaux	09	288 km S	888	54.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 71 %

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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 La Meyze'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
Cerdon	45	241 km N	880	41.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Champagne-Mouton	16	75 km NW	873	47.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Flavignac	87	14 km NW	1,058	37.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines	78	337 km N	850	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Hilaire-les-Places	87	5.4 km NW	839	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Ville-sous-la-Ferté	10	389 km NE	906	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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