Montolieu

Aude · CA Carcassonne Agglo · INSEE 11253

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

Served 60.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montolieu (INSEE 11253) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 829 (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/11253-montolieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 97 % of the 15,427 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	0.63	25	15.8
Social	0.5	20	9.99
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.75	10	7.48
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.53	10	5.27
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (HEAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHASSE LOISIRS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (APOSTROPHE · CASQUETTE ET CHAPEAU · MAISON DE MALLAST · LA RENCONTRE · THE & CO). ^[3,4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOANNA ING SENG AH YUEN, MÉDECIN · LOÏC DUBOIS, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SARL PHARMACIE HIBERT). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTOLIEU AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTOLIEU). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (MF COIFFURE MONTOLIEU). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite. ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Campsite.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	HEAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	CHASSE LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	7	APOSTROPHE · CASQUETTE ET CHAPEAU · MAISON DE MALLAST · LA RENCONTRE · THE & CO	INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [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)	2	JOANNA ING SENG AH YUEN, MÉDECIN · LOÏC DUBOIS, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SARL PHARMACIE HIBERT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTOLIEU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTOLIEU	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	2	MF COIFFURE MONTOLIEU	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 896 2023: 829 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 825 (2012) → 829 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 807 (1990) → 829 (2023): 2.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 536, of which 16.8 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Montolieu): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montolieu): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montolieu): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montolieu): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montolieu): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.5

Days at or below 0 °C 28.8

Muggy days a summer 7.8

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the SAISSAC weather station, 10.1 km away at 630 m; the village itself is at 180 m. ^[9]

The village sits 450 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at CARCASSONNE, 12.4 km away at 128 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 52 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 861 mm of rain a year, spread over 102 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MONTOLIEU, 2.1 km away at 280 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11253/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11253/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11253/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11253/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 11253
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
Lugny	71	407 km NE	845	65.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Courtomer	61	608 km N	731	57.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Olby	63	276 km N	857	61.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 28 % · humidity 43 %
Maillezais	85	413 km NW	890	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux	42	345 km N	845	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Bonnebosq	14	676 km N	649	60.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Olby	63	276 km N	857	61.1	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 28 % · humidity 43 %
Saint-Martin-d'Estréaux	42	345 km N	845	56.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Lugny	71	407 km NE	845	65.7	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Maillezais	85	413 km NW	890	65	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 57 %
Courtomer	61	608 km N	731	57.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 50 %
Bonnebosq	14	676 km N	649	60.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 100 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Montolieu'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
Pouyastruc	65	166 km W	664	56.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Thèze	64	208 km W	898	52.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Sévignacq	64	201 km W	805	58.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Taillebourg	17	361 km NW	794	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Port-d'Envaux	17	362 km NW	1,188	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Rétaud	17	352 km NW	1,058	32.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Elsewhere

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