Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers

Gard · CC Pays d'Uzès · INSEE 30174

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

Partly served 48.9/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers (INSEE 30174) is in Gard (30), part of CC Pays d'Uzès. Population 1,397 (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/30174-montaren-et-saint-mediers

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 76 % of the 12,123 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.78	10	7.77
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.53

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 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) (LA BOULANGERIE DE MONTAREN). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (BAMONT). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (MA DEUXIEME VIE · LA PIZZ'A THIERRY). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARION RIVOLET, MÉDECIN · JULIA FIDRY, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (SELAS PHARMACIE DES SABLAS). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTAREN ET ST MEDIERS AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MONTAREN MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (S-PACE COIFFURE · JEAN VALLON). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA BOULANGERIE DE MONTAREN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	1	BAMONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	2	MA DEUXIEME VIE · LA PIZZ'A THIERRY	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	2		INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	MARION RIVOLET, MÉDECIN · JULIA FIDRY, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	SELAS PHARMACIE DES SABLAS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTAREN ET ST MEDIERS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MONTAREN MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	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	S-PACE COIFFURE · JEAN VALLON	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 518 peak 2012: 1,518 2023: 1,397 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,518 (2012) → 1,397 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,094 (1990) → 1,397 (2023): 27.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 863, of which 14.7 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school Pharmacy — 0.8 km SEGP — 1.0 km E 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 (Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers): 1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers): 0.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 65.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 46.9

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 66 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the UZES weather station, 4.4 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 112 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at UZES, 4.4 km away at 72 m, over 17 summers. ^[9]

An average of 782 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at UZES, 4.4 km away at 72 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30174/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30174/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30174/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30174/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30174
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
La Redorte	11	163 km SW	1,238	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem	22	751 km NW	1,523	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Pontlevoy	41	446 km NW	1,556	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Noirétable	42	205 km N	1,585	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Barenton	50	647 km NW	1,161	48	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne	63	254 km NW	1,192	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Redorte	11	163 km SW	1,238	46.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 29 %
Noirétable	42	205 km N	1,585	55.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Gervais-d'Auvergne	63	254 km NW	1,192	48.5	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 86 %
Pontlevoy	41	446 km NW	1,556	45.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 95 %
Barenton	50	647 km NW	1,161	48	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 89 %
Saint-Nicolas-du-Pélem	22	751 km NW	1,523	49.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 57 % · 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 Montaren-et-Saint-Médiers'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
Sainte-Anastasie	30	11 km SW	1,738	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Varages	83	136 km E	1,177	49.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Buis-les-Baronnies	26	76 km E	2,218	66.9	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Tavernes	83	140 km E	1,492	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Collias	30	12 km SE	1,095	51.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Vers-Pont-du-Gard	30	13 km SE	1,786	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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