Montenois

Doubs · CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération · INSEE 25394

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

Partly served 48.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montenois (INSEE 25394) is in Doubs (25), part of CA Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération. Population 1,362 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/25394-montenois

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 12,294 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.67	10	6.72
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.85	10	8.47
Housing mix	0.98	5	4.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL J M C). ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (LES BALCONS DE LA PERCHE · L'OCEANE). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB LA CLAIREFONTAINE). ^[3]

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

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVAIN COLOMINA, MÉDECIN · JULIEN MARCHAL, MÉDECIN · MARCEL BEURET, MÉDECIN · THIBAULT ROBERT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (SALON VICE VERSA). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL J M C	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PELLERAY SNC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	4	LES BALCONS DE LA PERCHE · L'OCEANE	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB LA CLAIREFONTAINE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	SYLVAIN COLOMINA, MÉDECIN · JULIEN MARCHAL, MÉDECIN · MARCEL BEURET, MÉDECIN · THIBAULT ROBERT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE MONTENOIS	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTENOIS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTENOIS	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	1	SALON VICE VERSA	INSEE BPE 1 / 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	0		INSEE 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: 568 peak 2012: 1,523 2023: 1,362 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,523 (2012) → 1,362 (2023): -10.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,011 (1990) → 1,362 (2023): 34.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 646, of which 0.8 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 2.7 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 (Montenois): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montenois): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montenois): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Arcey): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montenois): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.9

Days at or below 0 °C 85.4

Muggy days a summer 0.9

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 85 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MEDIERE weather station, 6.4 km away at 302 m; the village itself is at 413 m. ^[10]

The village sits 111 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at MONTBELIARD, 11.2 km away at 318 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 95 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,114 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MEDIERE, 6.4 km away at 302 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25394/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25394/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25394/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 25394/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25394
INSEE BPE 2025 — 25022
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
Vigy	57	192 km N	1,522	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vic-sur-Seille	57	144 km N	1,317	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Upie	26	326 km SW	1,556	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %
Voulx	77	289 km W	1,626	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Hundling	57	181 km N	1,339	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Julien	21	115 km W	1,864	51	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Julien	21	115 km W	1,864	51	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Vic-sur-Seille	57	144 km N	1,317	45.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Hundling	57	181 km N	1,339	37.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Vigy	57	192 km N	1,522	44.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Voulx	77	289 km W	1,626	45.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 93 %
Upie	26	326 km SW	1,556	41.1	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 36 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Montenois'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
Colombier-Fontaine	25	4.8 km S	1,232	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Val-de-Virieu	38	241 km SW	1,528	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Roulans	25	38 km SW	1,125	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vendat	03	292 km SW	2,292	38.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Mens	38	306 km S	1,415	62.1	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Orgelet	39	134 km SW	1,554	47.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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