Le Montet

Allier · CC du Bocage Bourbonnais · INSEE 03183

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

Served 61/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Montet (INSEE 03183) is in Allier (03), part of CC du Bocage Bourbonnais. Population 472 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03183-le-montet

Vitality score

Vitality score 61/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 98 % of the 17,917 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.38	10	3.84
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.61

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 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR JF DUMONT). ^[3]

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

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (L'AUTHENTIQUE BAR). ^[4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU MONTET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DU MONTET). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE JEUX DE L ECOLE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE LE MONTET). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR JF DUMONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COCCIMARKET	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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	L'AUTHENTIQUE BAR	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE ECOLE CELESTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU MONTET	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	MAIRIE DU MONTET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE JEUX DE L ECOLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE LOCALE DE LE MONTET	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	1		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: 583 2023: 472 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 497 (2012) → 472 (2023): -5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 534 (1990) → 472 (2023): -11.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 256, of which 3.9 % second homes and 19.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 1.6 km NE 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 (Le Montet): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Montet): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Tronget): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Montet): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Montet): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 11.9

Days at or below 0 °C 55.5

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the BUXIERES weather station, 6.3 km away at 375 m; the village itself is at 475 m. ^[10]

The village sits 100 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °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 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 13.2 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[10]

An average of 763 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BUXIERES, 6.3 km away at 375 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 — 03183/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03183/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03183/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03183/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03183
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03292
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 Neuve-Lyre	27	327 km NW	511	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe	61	310 km NW	659	78.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Boissey-le-Châtel	27	361 km NW	903	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Geaune	40	409 km SW	767	65.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 %
Lutzelbourg	57	407 km NE	551	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Lézinnes	89	173 km NE	666	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lézinnes	89	173 km NE	666	51.4	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe	61	310 km NW	659	78.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
La Neuve-Lyre	27	327 km NW	511	64.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 89 %
Boissey-le-Châtel	27	361 km NW	903	67.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 95 % · winter 96 %
Lutzelbourg	57	407 km NE	551	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Geaune	40	409 km SW	767	65.7	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 57 % · humidity 7 %

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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 Le Montet'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
Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe	61	310 km NW	659	78.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lutzelbourg	57	407 km NE	551	49.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Vigny	95	309 km N	1,137	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
La Ferté-Vidame	28	294 km NW	543	57.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Poix-Terron	08	379 km N	883	72.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Sains-Richaumont	02	383 km N	923	65.3	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

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