Montmarault

Allier · CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté · INSEE 03186

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

Served 60.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montmarault (INSEE 03186) is in Allier (03), part of CC Commentry Montmarault Néris Communauté. Population 1,525 (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/03186-montmarault

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 11,508 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.69	20	13.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.45	10	4.55
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (BOULANGERIE DU CENTRE). ^[3,4]

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

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TERRE NATIVE · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR MARKET). ^[3,4]

9 × Restaurant (HOTEL DE FRANCE · ASSOC AGRETAM GESTION RESTAU 3E AGE · LA TAVERNE · RELAIS D'ETAPE · DEVRAN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JEANNE CLUZEL). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PIERRE CHEVALIER, MÉDECIN · STÉPHANIE RENAUD-BELLOEIL, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE MAUME, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE FERRANDON). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTMARAULT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS MAURICE DELFOUR). ^[3]

3 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE MONTMARAULT · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALP). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LES CHEVEUX DE CHLOE · LA COIFFURE BY EM). ^[3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

4 × Hotel (HOTEL DE FRANCE · CENTROTEL · FASTHOTEL MONTMARAULT · LE BOCAGE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	2	BOULANGERIE DU CENTRE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR JF DUMONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	TERRE NATIVE · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR MARKET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	9	HOTEL DE FRANCE · ASSOC AGRETAM GESTION RESTAU 3E AGE · LA TAVERNE · RELAIS D'ETAPE · DEVRAN	INSEE BPE 9 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE THERESE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JEANNE CLUZEL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	PIERRE CHEVALIER, MÉDECIN · STÉPHANIE RENAUD-BELLOEIL, MÉDECIN · SOPHIE MAUME, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE FERRANDON	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	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTMARAULT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS MAURICE DELFOUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	3	CAISSE LOCALE DE MONTMARAULT · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRIC MUT CTRE FRANCE · BANQUE POPULAIRE AUVERGNE RHONE ALP	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LES CHEVEUX DE CHLOE · LA COIFFURE BY EM	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	2	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Hotel	4	HOTEL DE FRANCE · CENTROTEL · FASTHOTEL MONTMARAULT · LE BOCAGE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 1,446 peak 1999: 1,663 2023: 1,525 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,503 (2012) → 1,525 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,597 (1990) → 1,525 (2023): -4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 945, of which 3.4 % second homes and 19.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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

Food shop (Montmarault): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montmarault): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montmarault): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montmarault): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.4

Days at or below 0 °C 51.6

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MONTMARAULT weather station, 0.3 km away at 464 m; the village itself is at 477 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MONTMARAULT, 0.3 km away at 464 m, over 26 summers. ^[9]

An average of 800 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MONTMARAULT, 0.3 km away at 464 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 — 03186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03186
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
Lédignan	30	274 km S	1,516	54	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers	60	334 km N	1,637	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Wœrth	67	462 km NE	1,656	61.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Drulingen	67	426 km NE	1,397	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Jussey	70	279 km NE	1,558	61.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Chabanais	16	179 km W	1,589	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chabanais	16	179 km W	1,589	57	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Lédignan	30	274 km S	1,516	54	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Jussey	70	279 km NE	1,558	61.7	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 59 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers	60	334 km N	1,637	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Drulingen	67	426 km NE	1,397	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Wœrth	67	462 km NE	1,656	61.4	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 81 % · 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 Montmarault'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
Saint-Crépin-Ibouvillers	60	334 km N	1,637	56.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Drulingen	67	426 km NE	1,397	63.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Germain-Laval	42	98 km SE	1,608	55.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Cormery	37	193 km NW	1,905	60.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Entre-deux-Guiers	38	238 km SE	1,915	57.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Corbigny	58	118 km NE	1,327	71.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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