Montgardin

Hautes-Alpes · CC Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance · INSEE 05084

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

Partly served 40.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 85 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montgardin (INSEE 05084) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Serre-Ponçon Val d'Avance. Population 481 (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/05084-montgardin

Vitality score

Vitality score 40.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 85 % of the 17,860 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.78	5	3.91

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 0 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]

1 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DU MOULIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTGARDIN). ^[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, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	1	L'AUBERGE DU MOULIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LA PLAINE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTGARDIN	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 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: 182 2023: 481 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 458 (2012) → 481 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 304 (1990) → 481 (2023): 58.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 247, of which 10.9 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 1.0 km NWBakery — 2.3 km EFood shop — 2.4 km EGP — 2.7 km EPharmacy — 2.8 km E 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 (Chorges): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chorges): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chorges): 2.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chorges): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montgardin): 1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 30.7

Days at or below 0 °C 72.4

Muggy days a summer 0

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 31 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GAP weather station, 13.1 km away at 885 m; the village itself is at 924 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at GAP, 13.1 km away at 885 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,047 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ANCELLE, 8.6 km away at 1,354 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 — 05084/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05084/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05084/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05084/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05040
INSEE BPE 2025 — 05084
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
Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez	42	162 km NW	480	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Coren	15	254 km W	445	38	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Monétay-sur-Allier	03	307 km NW	536	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay	71	236 km NW	505	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Balizac	33	530 km W	520	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %
Baudoncourt	70	359 km N	482	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez	42	162 km NW	480	43	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice-de-Satonnay	71	236 km NW	505	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Coren	15	254 km W	445	38	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Monétay-sur-Allier	03	307 km NW	536	42	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Baudoncourt	70	359 km N	482	37.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Balizac	33	530 km W	520	41	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Montgardin'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
Sougy-sur-Loire	58	339 km NW	594	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Jarjayes	05	11 km SW	465	32.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Lobsann	67	506 km N	663	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Seuillet	03	284 km NW	479	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Devay	58	327 km NW	460	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Chevrières	38	103 km NW	742	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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