Montgaillard
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 4.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montgaillard (INSEE 11245) is in Aude (11), part of CC Corbières Salanque Méditerranée. Population 38 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 4.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 9 % of the 3,112 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.25 | 10 | 2.45 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTGAILLARD). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTGAILLARD | INSEE BPE 1 [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
Population 50 (2012) → 38 (2023): -24 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 51 (1990) → 38 (2023): -25.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 61, of which 50.8 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cucugnan): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Padern): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Maury): 11.3 km to the south (straight line). [11]
Primary school (Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse): 7.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 24 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]
Measured at the CUCUGNAN weather station, 7.1 km away at 299 m; the village itself is at 405 m. [12]
The village sits 106 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 6 days a summer. [12]
Humidity measured at MOUTHOUMET, 9.6 km away at 538 m, over 29 summers. [12]
That station sits 133 m above 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 836 mm of rain a year, spread over 85 days — about 9.8 mm on a day it rains. [12]
Rainfall measured at PALAIRAC, 6.1 km away at 364 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 — 11245/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11245/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11245/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11245/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11113
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11123
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11270
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 66107
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valmanya | 66 | 42 km S | 34 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 28 % |
| Burret | 09 | 94 km W | 44 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 % |
| La Chapelle-Bertin | 43 | 270 km N | 50 | 2.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Lions | 04 | 327 km NE | 38 | 3.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Cubiérettes | 48 | 196 km NE | 44 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 34 % · humidity 57 % |
| Williers | 08 | 779 km N | 39 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 23 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valmanya | 66 | 42 km S | 34 | 9.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 28 % |
| Burret | 09 | 94 km W | 44 | 14.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 % |
| Cubiérettes | 48 | 196 km NE | 44 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 34 % · humidity 57 % |
| La Chapelle-Bertin | 43 | 270 km N | 50 | 2.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Saint-Lions | 04 | 327 km NE | 38 | 3.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 57 % |
| Williers | 08 | 779 km N | 39 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 23 % · humidity 57 % |
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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 Montgaillard'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poggio-Marinaccio | 2B | 553 km E | 38 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boisset | 34 | 55 km N | 43 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Véraza | 11 | 27 km W | 35 | 3.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maisons | 11 | 2.1 km N | 59 | 7.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auriac | 11 | 11 km W | 33 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Salza | 11 | 13 km NW | 29 | 12.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
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