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Montbernard

Haute-Garonne · CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges · INSEE 31363

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

No daily shops 16.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montbernard (INSEE 31363) is in Haute-Garonne (31), part of CC Coeur et Coteaux du Comminges. Population 215 (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/31363-montbernard

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,431 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.43104.35
Housing mix0.7353.63

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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 school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 318 2023: 215 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 215 (2012) → 215 (2023): 0 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 230 (1990) → 215 (2023): -6.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 146, of which 13.7 % second homes and 13 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

10 km20 kmBakery — 3.5 km NE (Saint-Laurent)GP — 9.5 km W (Boulogne-sur-Gesse)Food shop — 9.6 km W (Boulogne-sur-Gesse)Pharmacy — 13.2 km SE (Aurignac)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.5 km NEGP — 9.5 km WFood shop — 9.6 km WPharmacy — 13.2 km SE 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 (Saint-Laurent): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Boulogne-sur-Gesse): 9.6 km to the west (straight line). [9]

GP (Boulogne-sur-Gesse): 9.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Aurignac): 13.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Montbernard): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [11]

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BLAJAN weather station, 11.7 km away at 325 m; the village itself is at 277 m. [12]

An average of 752 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at ISLE EN DODON, 10.2 km away at 195 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31363/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31363/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31363/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 31363/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31494
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31080
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31028
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 31363
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Jean-du-Thenney27636 km N21018.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 86 %
Escandolières12181 km NE21215.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Vielle-Soubiran40113 km NW22618.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 88 %
Castelnau-d'Arbieu3265 km N22319.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 72 %
Saint-Maixant23320 km N22216.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 30 %
Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf53520 km N20318.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Castelnau-d'Arbieu3265 km N22319.9No daily shopsWarmer summers and milder winters.summer 77 % · winter 72 %
Vielle-Soubiran40113 km NW22618.6No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 88 %
Escandolières12181 km NE21215.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.summer 92 % · winter 86 %
Saint-Maixant23320 km N22216.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 62 % · winter 30 %
Beaumont-Pied-de-Bœuf53520 km N20318.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.summer 67 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Jean-du-Thenney27636 km N21018.7No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.summer 44 % · winter 86 %

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