Montlaux

Identity

Montlaux (INSEE 04130) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Pays Forcalquier et Montagne de Lure. Population 209 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/04130-montlaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 16,228 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PAULINE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 115 (2012) → 209 (2023): 81.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 117 (1990) → 209 (2023): 78.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 173, of which 41 % second homes and 0 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Mallefougasse-Augès): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Étienne-les-Orgues): 5 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Les Mées): 10.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Cruis): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 42 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST AUBAN weather station, 11.7 km away at 458 m; the village itself is at 581 m. ^[12]

The village sits 123 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST AUBAN, 11.7 km away at 458 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 123 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 811 mm of rain a year, spread over 76 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FORCALQUIER, 10.5 km away at 535 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04130/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04130/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04130/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04130/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04109
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04178
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04116
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 04065
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024