Montségur-sur-Lauzon

Drôme · CC Enclave des Papes - Pays de Grignan · INSEE 26211

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

Partly served 51.6/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montségur-sur-Lauzon (INSEE 26211) is in Drôme (26), part of CC Enclave des Papes - Pays de Grignan. Population 1,359 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 51.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 81 % of the 12,310 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	0.47	25	11.83
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.88	10	8.77
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 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) (PIZZ'AROMATIC). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VOTRE MARCHE). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LIOTAUD SUCRE SALE · PIZZA DI LENA · RUCCIO FIONA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O'PAGNOL). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE ALBERT BERTRAND). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PUBLIQUE MONTSEGUR SUR LAUZON). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JOHANA BENIZRI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTSEGUR SUR LAUZON RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIRE À MONTSÉGUR). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (TRESSESYMPAS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	PIZZ'AROMATIC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	VOTRE MARCHE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	3	LIOTAUD SUCRE SALE · PIZZA DI LENA · RUCCIO FIONA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	O'PAGNOL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE ALBERT BERTRAND	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PUBLIQUE MONTSEGUR SUR LAUZON	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	JOHANA BENIZRI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTSEGUR SUR LAUZON RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LIRE À MONTSÉGUR	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	3	TRESSESYMPAS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 654 2023: 1,359 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,213 (2012) → 1,359 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 987 (1990) → 1,359 (2023): 37.7 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 756, of which 13.5 % second homes and 4.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 6.5 km SW 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 (Montségur-sur-Lauzon): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montségur-sur-Lauzon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montségur-sur-Lauzon): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Restitut): 6.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montségur-sur-Lauzon): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 29.3

Muggy days a summer 2.4

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 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTSEGUR-S-LAU weather station, 0.1 km away at 146 m; the village itself is at 147 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTSEGUR-S-LAU, 0.1 km away at 146 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 72 days — about 10.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTSEGUR-S-LAU, 0.1 km away at 146 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

What property sold for

72 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 261,175 € — 2,140 € per m² of built surface. ^[12]

10 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 182,725 € — 2,147 € per m². ^[12]

The median across Drôme is 2,174 € per m², so this commune sits about level with 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

sources disagree on Restaurant

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26211/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-05— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/6bb4770a-da37-35eb-87cd-b3398aed764a— “Samedi : Marché hebdomadaire de Montségur-sur-Lauzon.”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26211/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26211/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26211/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26211
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26326
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Aureille	13	73 km S	1,533	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Gouaix	77	473 km N	1,299	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire	04	85 km SE	1,329	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Jonzieux	42	113 km N	1,227	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bousquet-d'Orb	34	155 km SW	1,599	58	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Royans	26	83 km NE	1,377	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aureille	13	73 km S	1,533	43.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 64 % · winter 85 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Laurent-en-Royans	26	83 km NE	1,377	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire	04	85 km SE	1,329	48.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 %
Jonzieux	42	113 km N	1,227	51.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 %
Le Bousquet-d'Orb	34	155 km SW	1,599	58	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Gouaix	77	473 km N	1,299	38.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 70 % · 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 Montségur-sur-Lauzon'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
Bouchet	26	7.4 km S	1,409	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Tulette	26	10 km SE	1,994	63.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cairanne	84	16 km S	1,129	40.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Belgentier	83	155 km SE	2,373	53.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Castillon-du-Gard	30	50 km SW	1,695	52.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Violès	84	23 km S	1,762	58.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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