Montazels
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 17.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 18 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montazels (INSEE 11240) is in Aude (11), part of CC du Limouxin. Population 528 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/11240-montazels
Vitality score
Vitality score 17.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 18 % of the 17,619 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.54 | 10 | 5.43 |
| Housing mix | 0.64 | 5 | 3.22 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (CHARLINE M). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | CHARLINE M | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 577 (2012) → 528 (2023): -8.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 506 (1990) → 528 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 370, of which 17.8 % second homes and 5.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Couiza): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Couiza): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Couiza): 0.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Couiza): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Montazels): 0.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 20 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the GRANES weather station, 4 km away at 420 m; the village itself is at 263 m. [10]
The village sits 157 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 GRANES, 4 km away at 420 m, over 25 summers. [10]
That station sits 157 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 702 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at GRANES, 4 km away at 420 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 — 11240/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11240/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11240/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11240/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11103
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11240
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-sous-Doue | 77 | 661 km N | 549 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Buhl | 67 | 799 km NE | 506 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · humidity 79 % |
| Pournoy-la-Chétive | 57 | 740 km NE | 610 | 21.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 % |
| Granieu | 38 | 397 km NE | 519 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 20 % |
| Bény-sur-Mer | 14 | 735 km N | 467 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
| Beurey-sur-Saulx | 55 | 681 km N | 412 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granieu | 38 | 397 km NE | 519 | 16.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 20 % |
| Saint-Germain-sous-Doue | 77 | 661 km N | 549 | 24.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 % |
| Beurey-sur-Saulx | 55 | 681 km N | 412 | 16.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 46 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 % |
| Bény-sur-Mer | 14 | 735 km N | 467 | 16.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 3 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 % |
| Pournoy-la-Chétive | 57 | 740 km NE | 610 | 21.2 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 % |
| Buhl | 67 | 799 km NE | 506 | 21 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 65 % · 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 Montazels'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel-Paulel | 31 | 95 km NW | 483 | 16.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Castelferrus | 82 | 151 km NW | 488 | 31.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mauvezin-sur-Gupie | 47 | 245 km NW | 613 | 22.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Mérenvielle | 31 | 116 km NW | 474 | 24.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Étienne-Estréchoux | 34 | 106 km NE | 259 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Clermont-Soubiran | 47 | 175 km NW | 395 | 20.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
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