Montségur

Identity

Montségur (INSEE 09211) is in Ariège (09), part of CC du Pays d'Olmes. Population 116 (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/09211-montsegur

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 96 % of the 11,868 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE PAIN DE MONTSEGUR). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (A LA PATATE QUI FUME · L'AUSELOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 132 (2012) → 116 (2023): -12.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 124 (1990) → 116 (2023): -6.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 45 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Montségur): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montségur): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lavelanet): 5.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Villeneuve-d'Olmes): 4.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montferrier): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 77 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTFERRIER weather station, 4.8 km away at 760 m; the village itself is at 948 m. ^[12]

The village sits 188 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 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LERAN, 14.9 km away at 391 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 557 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 1,447 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 10.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTFERRIER, 4.8 km away at 760 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09211/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09211/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09211/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 09211/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09211
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09160
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09336
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 09206
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024