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Montigny-Montfort

Côte-d'Or · CC du Montbardois · INSEE 21429

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 8.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 5 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montigny-Montfort (INSEE 21429) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC du Montbardois. Population 268 (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/21429-montigny-montfort

Vitality score

Vitality score 8.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 5 % of the 17,504 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.34103.43
Housing mix0.8254.1

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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”.

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

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

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, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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

1968: 289 peak 1982: 328 2023: 268 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 299 (2012) → 268 (2023): -10.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 318 (1990) → 268 (2023): -15.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 166, of which 9 % second homes and 13.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 4.8 km N (Montbard)Food shop — 4.8 km N (Montbard)Primary school — 5.0 km N (Montbard)Pharmacy — 5.0 km N (Montbard)GP — 5.2 km N (Montbard)
Bakery — 4.8 km NFood shop — 4.8 km NPrimary school — 5.0 km NPharmacy — 5.0 km NGP — 5.2 km N 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 (Montbard): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montbard): 4.8 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Montbard): 5.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Montbard): 5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Montbard): 5 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MONTBARD_SAPC weather station, 5.8 km away at 209 m; the village itself is at 303 m. [9]

The village sits 94 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °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 1 day a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at MONTBARD_SAPC, 5.8 km away at 209 m, over 13 summers. [9]

That station sits 94 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]

An average of 906 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at GRIGNON, 5 km away at 335 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21429/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21429/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21429/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21429/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 21425
  9. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Jagny-sous-Bois95218 km NW26913.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-la-Côte69217 km S26916.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Harquency27282 km NW27116.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Guignicourt-sur-Vence08235 km N2729.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Chivres2188 km SE27315.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Autheuil-en-Valois60202 km NW26512.4No daily shopsno figures
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chivres2188 km SE27315.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Autheuil-en-Valois60202 km NW26512.4No daily shopsno figures
Saint-André-la-Côte69217 km S26916.1No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Jagny-sous-Bois95218 km NW26913.5No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 %
Guignicourt-sur-Vence08235 km N2729.1No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Harquency27282 km NW27116.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Montigny-Montfort'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Domjevin54207 km NE26813No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Bleigny-le-Carreau8957 km NW27913.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Molinons8995 km NW2739.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Étobon70175 km E27314No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Mailleroncourt-Charette70145 km E27711.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Fain-lès-Montbard215.4 km NE2698.7No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %