Monze

Identity

Monze (INSEE 11257) is in Aude (11), part of CA Carcassonne Agglo. Population 243 (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/11257-monze

Vitality score

Vitality score 32.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 17,055 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]

1 × Restaurant (M'11). ^[3,4]

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

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

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. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 205 (2012) → 243 (2023): 18.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 166 (1990) → 243 (2023): 46.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 133, of which 14.3 % second homes and 2.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Trèbes): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Barbaira): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Fajac-en-Val): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Trèbes): 5.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Monze): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 37 days a year at or above 30 °C and 14 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARQUETTES-EN-VAL weather station, 7.2 km away at 240 m; the village itself is at 161 m. ^[12]

The village sits 79 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARQUETTES-EN-VAL, 7.2 km away at 240 m, over 18 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 79 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 780 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 8.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARQUETTES-EN-VAL, 7.2 km away at 240 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 — 11257/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11257/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11257/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 11257/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11397
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11027
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11133
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 11257
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024