Montclus

Identity

Montclus (INSEE 30175) is in Gard (30), part of CA du Gard Rhodanien. Population 179 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[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/30175-montclus

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 88 % of the 15,296 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

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE BUHAN GUILLAUME · LE MURIER). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 157 (2012) → 179 (2023): 14 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 135 (1990) → 179 (2023): 32.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 210, of which 42.9 % second homes and 7.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Orgnac-l'Aven): 5 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Orgnac-l'Aven): 5.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Goudargues): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Barjac): 7.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montclus): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 64 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MONTCLUS weather station, 1.1 km away at 120 m; the village itself is at 97 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at MEJANNES-LE-CLAP, 8.6 km away at 313 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 216 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 953 mm of rain a year, spread over 74 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTCLUS, 1.1 km away at 120 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30175/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30175/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30175/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30175/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07168
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30131
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30029
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 30175
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024