Montferrier

Identity

Montferrier (INSEE 09206) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays d'Olmes. Population 541 (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/09206-montferrier

Vitality score

Vitality score 45.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 89 % of the 17,550 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

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA MAISON DE LA MONTAGNE · EPICERIE DU FOURCAT). ^[4,3]

6 × Restaurant (TOQUE ET PATONS · LA TAVERNE · LE REFUGE · LA CANTINA · LE PERCE NEIGE). ^[4,3]

3 × Café / bar (LA MAISON DE LA MONTAGNE · SNOWBEER · LE CHALET). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTFERRIER LPAC AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTFERRIER). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (AUDREY COIF' A DOMICILE). ^[4,3]

1 × Hotel (CHALET HOTEL LES MARMOTTES). ^[4,3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 628 (2012) → 541 (2023): -13.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 748 (1990) → 541 (2023): -27.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 959, of which 61.1 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Villeneuve-d'Olmes): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montferrier): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lavelanet): 4.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-d'Olmes): 3.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montferrier): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 8 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTFERRIER weather station, 1.2 km away at 760 m; the village itself is at 691 m. ^[11]

The village sits 69 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LERAN, 14.6 km away at 391 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 300 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,447 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTFERRIER, 1.2 km away at 760 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09206/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
4. INSEE BPE 2025
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09206/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09206/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09206/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09336
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09206
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09160
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024