Montagnac

Hérault · CA Hérault-Méditerranée · INSEE 34162

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

Partly served 58.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montagnac (INSEE 34162) is in Hérault (34), part of CA Hérault-Méditerranée. Population 4,515 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34162-montagnac

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 5,076 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	0.52	25	13.06
Social	0.63	20	12.58
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.47	10	4.67
Public & culture	0.22	5	1.11
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL PUECH · SAS DESAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOISSY VIVIAN). ^[3,4]

4 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (FAMILY ALIMENTATION · LES 3L · SPAR). ^[3,4]

1 × Fishmonger (CORTES COQUILLAGES). ^[3,4]

8 × Restaurant (COTE MAS · BIERKULTURE · PARFUM THAI · LES AMIS D'OC). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (BRASSERIE L'ESPLANADE · LE P'TI JU). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS PASTEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DE PUYSEGUR). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE JULES FERRY). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (CECILE DOLET-LALLEMENT, MÉDECIN · CLAUDE BERNADOU, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE GADAY, MÉDECIN · SYLVAIN JAOUL, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE ANGLADE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE MONTAGNAC). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTAGNAC LPAC AP). ^[3]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF STADE MICHEL FRUCTOSO). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE MONTAGNAC). ^[3]

8 × Hairdresser (DEL REY CATY). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

3 × Hotel (HOTEL LES ROCAILLES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 2 × Bakery (boulangerie), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser, 1 × Hotel.

Not found in the commune: Supermarket. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	5	SARL PUECH · SAS DESAIS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOISSY VIVIAN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	4	FAMILY ALIMENTATION · LES 3L · SPAR	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	1	CORTES COQUILLAGES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Restaurant	8	COTE MAS · BIERKULTURE · PARFUM THAI · LES AMIS D'OC	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 14 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	BRASSERIE L'ESPLANADE · LE P'TI JU	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LOUIS PASTEUR · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE DE PUYSEGUR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE JULES FERRY	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	CECILE DOLET-LALLEMENT, MÉDECIN · CLAUDE BERNADOU, MÉDECIN · ISABELLE GADAY, MÉDECIN · SYLVAIN JAOUL, MÉDECIN · MATHILDE ANGLADE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE MONTAGNAC	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTAGNAC LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MÉDIATHÈQUE DE MONTAGNAC MONTAGNAC	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF STADE MICHEL FRUCTOSO	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · AGENCE DE MONTAGNAC	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	8	DEL REY CATY	INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Hotel	3	HOTEL LES ROCAILLES	INSEE SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 3,021 2023: 4,515 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 3,731 (2012) → 4,515 (2023): 21 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 2,953 (1990) → 4,515 (2023): 52.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,465, of which 7.5 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Montagnac): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montagnac): 0 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Montagnac): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Montagnac): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montagnac): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 43.4

Days at or below 0 °C 23.1

Muggy days a summer 10.1▸

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

Measured at the PEZENAS-TOURBES weather station, 8.2 km away at 40 m; the village itself is at 42 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at PEZENAS-TOURBES, 8.2 km away at 40 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

An average of 644 mm of rain a year, spread over 60 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at PEZENAS-DDE, 6.1 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34162/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34162/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34162/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34162/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34162
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
Cadenet	84	155 km E	4,363	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
La Tour-d'Aigues	84	168 km E	4,405	61.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 36 %
Eyragues	13	116 km E	4,298	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Bages	66	109 km SW	4,560	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Le Bourget-du-Lac	73	306 km NE	5,216	58.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 46 % · humidity 43 %
Tourves	83	197 km E	5,207	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bages	66	109 km SW	4,560	47	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 91 % · humidity 50 %
Eyragues	13	116 km E	4,298	49.1	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 86 % · humidity 71 %
Cadenet	84	155 km E	4,363	59.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 66 % · humidity 43 %
La Tour-d'Aigues	84	168 km E	4,405	61.9	Served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 32 % · humidity 36 %
Tourves	83	197 km E	5,207	53.3	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 47 % · humidity 36 %
Le Bourget-du-Lac	73	306 km NE	5,216	58.9	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 46 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Montagnac'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
Florensac	34	11 km S	5,254	49.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Cazouls-lès-Béziers	34	32 km W	5,261	50.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Trèbes	11	89 km W	5,361	53.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Baziège	31	151 km W	3,583	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Lectoure	32	235 km W	3,670	53.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Fleurance	32	231 km W	6,247	58	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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