Montoulieu

Ariège · CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes · INSEE 09210

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

Few services 35.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montoulieu (INSEE 09210) is in Ariège (09), part of CA L'Agglo Foix-Varilhes. Population 415 (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/09210-montoulieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 18,004 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	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.99	10	9.93
Housing mix	0.4	5	2.01

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 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARA ZINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (DELIA BINTLEY). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	SARA ZINE	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	DELIA BINTLEY	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)	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

1968: 398 2023: 415 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 338 (2012) → 415 (2023): 22.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 278 (1990) → 415 (2023): 49.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 284, of which 29.9 % second homes and 3.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 0.5 km EBakery — 0.6 km EGP — 1.9 km NEFood shop — 3.5 km NPharmacy — 6.4 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 (Montoulieu): 0.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montgailhard): 3.5 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Paul-de-Jarrat): 1.9 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Foix): 6.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Montoulieu): 0.5 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.4

Days at or below 0 °C 80.3

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 80 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the TARASCON SUR AR weather station, 6.9 km away at 475 m; the village itself is at 602 m. ^[12]

The village sits 127 m above 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at COS, 8.6 km away at 519 m, over 21 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 83 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 803 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at TARASCON SUR AR, 6.9 km away at 475 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09210/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09210/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09210/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09210/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09210
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09207
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09272
INSEE BPE 2025 — 09122
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
Quetteville	14	722 km N	397	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %
Chénelette	69	427 km NE	369	36.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Verfeuil	30	267 km NE	591	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont	38	403 km NE	422	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Cipières	06	442 km E	393	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Alles-sur-Dordogne	24	225 km N	380	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Alles-sur-Dordogne	24	225 km N	380	26.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 24 % · humidity 57 %
Verfeuil	30	267 km NE	591	32.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 21 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Beaumont	38	403 km NE	422	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Chénelette	69	427 km NE	369	36.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Cipières	06	442 km E	393	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Quetteville	14	722 km N	397	39.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Montoulieu'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
La Salle	88	725 km NE	401	37.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Langatte	57	771 km NE	627	36.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Climbach	67	832 km NE	479	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Petitmagny	90	675 km NE	315	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Tendon	88	700 km NE	499	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-en-Arthies	95	687 km N	498	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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