Monthois

Ardennes · CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise · INSEE 08303

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

Partly served 43.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monthois (INSEE 08303) is in Ardennes (08), part of CC de l'Argonne Ardennaise. Population 390 (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/08303-monthois

Vitality score

Vitality score 43.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 18,040 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.32
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.54	10	5.37
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.38

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 1 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) (L'AMI DU PAIN). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (BIENVENUE CHEZ CRICRI). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEROME OLIVEIRA, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (POINT-LECTURE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (PRINCET ANITA). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	L'AMI DU PAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	BIENVENUE CHEZ CRICRI	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	JEROME OLIVEIRA, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE FEUCHER	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	MONTHOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	POINT-LECTURE MUNICIPAL	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	1	PRINCET ANITA	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: 417 2023: 390 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 381 (2012) → 390 (2023): 2.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 376 (1990) → 390 (2023): 3.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 209, of which 6.2 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, GP, Pharmacy Primary school — 0.6 km NEFood shop — 7.9 km N 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 (Monthois): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vouziers): 7.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Monthois): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Monthois): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Monthois): 0.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.6

Days at or below 0 °C 54.5

Muggy days a summer 1.2

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MONTCHEUTIN_SAPC weather station, 7.9 km away at 142 m; the village itself is at 123 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SAULCES-CHAMPENOISES, 19.9 km away at 147 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 837 mm of rain a year, spread over 131 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LIRY, 3.4 km away at 130 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 — 08303/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08303/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08303/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 08303/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08303
INSEE BPE 2025 — 08490
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
Pagney	39	241 km S	392	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 68 %
Vanault-les-Dames	51	52 km S	376	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Souilly	55	53 km SE	426	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vrécourt	88	146 km SE	341	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Diarville	54	146 km SE	460	48.5	Partly served	no figures
Marly-Gomont	02	93 km NW	483	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vanault-les-Dames	51	52 km S	376	40.8	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Souilly	55	53 km SE	426	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Marly-Gomont	02	93 km NW	483	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 %
Diarville	54	146 km SE	460	48.5	Partly served	no figures
Vrécourt	88	146 km SE	341	41.3	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 %
Pagney	39	241 km S	392	49.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 68 %

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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 Monthois'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
Souilly	55	53 km SE	426	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Seine-l'Abbaye	21	208 km S	364	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Seuil-d'Argonne	55	45 km SE	530	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Dombasle-en-Argonne	55	40 km SE	365	39	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chavanges	10	90 km S	567	48.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ouarville	28	240 km SW	548	37.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %

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