Montels
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 13.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 35 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montels (INSEE 09203) is in Ariège (09), part of CC Couserans-Pyrénées. Population 164 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 13.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 35 % of the 14,769 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8.02 |
| Housing mix | 0.67 | 5 | 3.35 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 161 (2012) → 164 (2023): 1.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 126 (1990) → 164 (2023): 30.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 103, of which 16.5 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 3.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (La Bastide-de-Sérou): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Alzen): 1.8 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the CADARCET weather station, 2.5 km away at 510 m; the village itself is at 445 m. [10]
The village sits 65 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °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 6 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COS, 8.4 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. [10]
That station sits 74 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,182 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CADARCET, 2.5 km away at 510 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 — 09203/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09203/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09203/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09203/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09042
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 09009
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaumot | 58 | 503 km N | 164 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Chillou | 79 | 437 km N | 163 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Meunet-Planches | 36 | 428 km N | 166 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Allemant | 51 | 665 km N | 166 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Noncourt-sur-le-Rongeant | 52 | 669 km NE | 168 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
| Choilley-Dardenay | 52 | 600 km NE | 162 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 54 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meunet-Planches | 36 | 428 km N | 166 | 9.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 % |
| Le Chillou | 79 | 437 km N | 163 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 % |
| Chaumot | 58 | 503 km N | 164 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 % |
| Choilley-Dardenay | 52 | 600 km NE | 162 | 12.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 54 % |
| Allemant | 51 | 665 km N | 166 | 11.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 82 % · humidity 64 % |
| Noncourt-sur-le-Rongeant | 52 | 669 km NE | 168 | 7.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Montels'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oradour | 16 | 344 km N | 163 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bagnizeau | 17 | 351 km NW | 177 | 11 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lusseray | 79 | 373 km N | 172 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Taurignan-Castet | 09 | 31 km W | 163 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mouterre-sur-Blourde | 86 | 360 km N | 170 | 8.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 % |
| Lavignac | 87 | 304 km N | 171 | 13.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
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