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Montagne

Gironde · CC du Grand Saint Emilionnais · INSEE 33290

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montagne (INSEE 33290) is in Gironde (33), part of CC du Grand Saint Emilionnais. Population 1,510 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/33290-montagne

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 11,585 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 food0.39259.84
Social0.46209.18
Education0.39103.93
Health0.39103.88
Public & culture0.250.98
Population trend0.34103.38
Housing mix0.8654.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 1 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 1 of 3
Lodging 1 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) (LES DELICES). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (EURL MAISON PENICHOUX). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (MSIPP). [3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LES MARRONNIERS DE MONTAGNE · CLOS MIRANDE · CHIDO MEX · LA RESERVE DU PRESBYTERE · CHEZ MEME). [3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC PUJOS, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE MAUGEIN, MÉDECIN · NADEGE FLOCK, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTAGNE LPA AP). [3]

2 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE AUSONE · LEGTA LIBOURNE MONTAGNE). [3]

3 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

2 × Hotel (AUX DUCS DE SIENNE). [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LES DELICESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1EURL MAISON PENICHOUXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1MSIPPINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant5LES MARRONNIERS DE MONTAGNE · CLOS MIRANDE · CHIDO MEX · LA RESERVE DU PRESBYTERE · CHEZ MEMEINSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3ERIC PUJOS, MÉDECIN · VERONIQUE MAUGEIN, MÉDECIN · NADEGE FLOCK, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1MONTAGNE LPA APINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall2ESPACE AUSONE · LEGTA LIBOURNE MONTAGNEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser3INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel2AUX DUCS DE SIENNEINSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 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: 1,929 peak 1982: 2,007 2023: 1,510 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,649 (2012) → 1,510 (2023): -8.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,802 (1990) → 1,510 (2023): -16.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 828, of which 6.9 % second homes and 15.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmGP — 0.5 km SW (Montagne)Pharmacy — 3.4 km NE (Lussac)
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 0.5 km SWPharmacy — 3.4 km NE 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 (Montagne): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montagne): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Montagne): 0.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Lussac): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Montagne): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

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 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the ST EMILION weather station, 4.8 km away at 38 m; the village itself is at 87 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at ST EMILION, 4.8 km away at 38 m, over 19 summers. [10]

An average of 801 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at ST EMILION, 4.8 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33290/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33290/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33290/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 33290/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33290
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 33261
  10. 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
Le Fleix2430 km E1,48845Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Dampierre-en-Burly45375 km NE1,46637Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Meillonnas01451 km E1,42646Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %
Peyrilhac87150 km NE1,36540.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Montcaret2418 km SE1,39035.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 %
Val-de-Livenne3352 km NW1,79243Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montcaret2418 km SE1,39035.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 80 %
Le Fleix2430 km E1,48845Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 76 % · humidity 71 %
Val-de-Livenne3352 km NW1,79243Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Peyrilhac87150 km NE1,36540.9Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Dampierre-en-Burly45375 km NE1,46637Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 53 % · humidity 71 %
Meillonnas01451 km E1,42646Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 55 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Montagne'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Berson3341 km NW1,84644.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Émilion334.5 km SW1,60860.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sireuil1677 km N1,16633.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Hilaire-de-Lusignan4793 km SE1,50147.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Moulon3312 km SW1,06844.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Bourg-Saint-Bernard31208 km SE1,12543.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %