Monblanc

Gers · CC du Saves · INSEE 32261

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

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 71 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monblanc (INSEE 32261) is in Gers (32), part of CC du Saves. Population 394 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 71 % of the 18,017 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	25	0
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (JUSTBIOTIFULL). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	JUSTBIOTIFULL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 288 2023: 394 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 370 (2012) → 394 (2023): 6.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 251 (1990) → 394 (2023): 57 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 202, of which 6.9 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.7 km NWBakery — 5.0 km NWGP — 5.4 km WPharmacy — 5.8 km W 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 (Samatan): 5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Samatan): 4.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Lombez): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Lombez): 5.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Monblanc): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 27.8

Days at or below 0 °C 21

Muggy days a summer 7.2

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 21 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LAHAS weather station, 12.5 km away at 251 m; the village itself is at 244 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAHAS, 12.5 km away at 251 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 680 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAMATAN, 6.5 km away at 201 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32261/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32261/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32261/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32261/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32410
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32213
INSEE BPE 2025 — 32261
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
Oudry	71	426 km NE	387	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Biran	32	53 km NW	379	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent	64	98 km W	402	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Courpignac	17	238 km NW	421	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Erve	53	533 km N	393	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 64 %
Boissy-Lamberville	27	635 km N	385	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Biran	32	53 km NW	379	27.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent	64	98 km W	402	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 43 % · humidity 79 %
Courpignac	17	238 km NW	421	28.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Oudry	71	426 km NE	387	26.1	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Georges-sur-Erve	53	533 km N	393	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 64 %
Boissy-Lamberville	27	635 km N	385	29.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 50 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Monblanc'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
Vaux	31	68 km E	310	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Faudoas	82	40 km N	291	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Grézet-Cavagnan	47	123 km NW	409	22.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Noilhan	32	9.2 km NW	388	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bussac	24	203 km N	379	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Sigalens	33	138 km NW	342	23.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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