Montchamp

Identity

Montchamp (INSEE 15130) is in Cantal (15), part of CC de Saint-Flour. Population 137 (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/15130-montchamp

Vitality score

Vitality score 11.4/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 28 % of the 13,366 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

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. ^[3,4]

1 × Library (RELAIS LECTURE MAIRIE). ^[3]

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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 135 (2012) → 137 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 147 (1990) → 137 (2023): -6.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 91, of which 12.1 % second homes and 18.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Ruynes-en-Margeride): 7.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Védrines-Saint-Loup): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Ruynes-en-Margeride): 7.8 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Ruynes-en-Margeride): 7.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Vabres): 4 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

An average of 10 days a year at or above 30 °C and 123 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the RUYNES weather station, 7.8 km away at 905 m; the village itself is at 1,082 m. ^[11]

The village sits 177 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °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 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at RUYNES, 7.8 km away at 905 m, over 14 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 177 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 851 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LASTIC, 4.7 km away at 1,090 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

7 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 48,000 € — 689 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

The median across Cantal is 1,059 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[12]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15130/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15130/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15130/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15130/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15168
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15251
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 15245
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
12. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025