Montlaur

Aveyron · CC Monts, Rance et Rougier · INSEE 12154

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.

Few services 38.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 74 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montlaur (INSEE 12154) is in Aveyron (12), part of CC Monts, Rance et Rougier. Population 663 (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/12154-montlaur

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 74 % of the 16,638 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	0.5	25	12.47
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.69	10	6.92
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.57

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA FERME DE GALAMANS · LES DOUCES HEURES). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar (LE CLOS NORMAND · LE CAFE MONTLAURAIS · LE BO-EM). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTLAUR RP). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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)	1	SARABELLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	LA FERME DE GALAMANS · LES DOUCES HEURES	INSEE BPE 2 / 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	3	LE CLOS NORMAND · LE CAFE MONTLAURAIS · LE BO-EM	INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	1	MONTLAUR RP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 657 peak 2007: 664 2023: 663 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 634 (2012) → 663 (2023): 4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 556 (1990) → 663 (2023): 19.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 490, of which 24.3 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 4.9 km WGP — 6.9 km SEPharmacy — 7.1 km SEBakery — 7.2 km SE 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 (Camarès): 7.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montlaur): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Camarès): 6.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Camarès): 7.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Rebourguil): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 38.4

Days at or below 0 °C 67.2

Muggy days a summer 1.4

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 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 67 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTLAUR-PRIVAT weather station, 0.3 km away at 345 m; the village itself is at 354 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTLAUR, 1.4 km away at 374 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 814 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 7.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTLAUR-PRIVAT, 0.3 km away at 345 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12154/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12154/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12154/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 12154/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12044
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 12195
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
Aunac-sur-Charente	16	305 km NW	647	39	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Mailly-le-Château	89	418 km N	514	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Le Lesme	27	579 km N	682	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 89 %
Soligny-la-Trappe	61	556 km N	627	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Antisanti	2B	562 km E	591	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Mirmande	26	184 km NE	611	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mirmande	26	184 km NE	611	55.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Aunac-sur-Charente	16	305 km NW	647	39	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 77 % · humidity 79 %
Mailly-le-Château	89	418 km N	514	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Soligny-la-Trappe	61	556 km N	627	44.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 57 % · humidity 100 %
Antisanti	2B	562 km E	591	33.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 28 % · winter 100 % · humidity 50 %
Le Lesme	27	579 km N	682	24.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 41 % · winter 89 %

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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 Montlaur'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-Étienne-le-Laus	05	274 km E	346	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Néons-sur-Creuse	36	352 km NW	351	15.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Chavagne	38	235 km NE	655	32	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Chamant	19	157 km NW	468	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Avressieux	73	294 km NE	544	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Foissac	12	97 km NW	454	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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