Montferrand

Identity

Montferrand (INSEE 11243) is in Aude (11), part of CC Castelnaudary Lauragais Audois. Population 622 (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/11243-montferrand

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 16,876 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (SARL NAUROUZE RESTAURATION · LA MARMITE ETOILE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE L AUTA). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (LE DOMAINE DE CAMBOYER). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING DOMAINE SAINT LAURENT). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 515 (2012) → 622 (2023): 20.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 356 (1990) → 622 (2023): 74.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 282, of which 6.7 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Labastide-d'Anjou): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Labastide-d'Anjou): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Labastide-d'Anjou): 3.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Salles-sur-l'Hers): 8.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montferrand): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTFERRAND weather station, 1.2 km away at 190 m; the village itself is at 248 m. ^[11]

The village sits 58 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CASTELNAUDARY, 12.3 km away at 160 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 88 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 744 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTFERRAND, 1.2 km away at 190 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 — 11243/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11243/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11243/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11243/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11178
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11371
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11243
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024