Montaud

Hérault · Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole · INSEE 34164

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

Few services 24.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 15 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montaud (INSEE 34164) is in Hérault (34), part of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. Population 1,014 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34164-montaud

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 15 % of the 14,249 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	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.65

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 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 PRIMAIRE CHARLES PERRAULT). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTAUD). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (LD'COIFF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE CHARLES PERRAULT	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	1	MONTAUD AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE MONTAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	LD'COIFF	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 290 2023: 1,014 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 949 (2012) → 1,014 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 545 (1990) → 1,014 (2023): 86.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 463, of which 3.5 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 1.9 km NPharmacy — 2.8 km SEFood shop — 2.9 km SEBakery — 4.4 km NW 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 (Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues): 4.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Drézéry): 2.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel): 1.9 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Drézéry): 2.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montaud): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 59.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 41.6

Muggy days a summer 5.4

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 60 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST DREZERY weather station, 4 km away at 71 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at PRADES LE LEZ, 8 km away at 69 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 786 mm of rain a year, spread over 66 days — about 11.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST DREZERY, 4 km away at 71 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34164/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34164/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34164/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34164/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34248
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34249
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34242
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34164
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
Azereix	65	326 km W	992	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Villers-Saint-Sépulcre	60	638 km N	951	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %
Caujac	31	207 km W	869	28.5	Few services	no figures
Lamarque-Pontacq	65	335 km W	862	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Portieux	88	543 km N	1,224	16.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Galluis	78	585 km N	1,298	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Caujac	31	207 km W	869	28.5	Few services	no figures
Azereix	65	326 km W	992	23.5	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lamarque-Pontacq	65	335 km W	862	26.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 18 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Portieux	88	543 km N	1,224	16.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 43 % · humidity 71 %
Galluis	78	585 km N	1,298	23	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 89 % · humidity 79 %
Villers-Saint-Sépulcre	60	638 km N	951	24.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 85 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Montaud'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
Saint-Jean-de-Cornies	34	3.8 km E	858	26.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Croix-de-Quintillargues	34	4.4 km NW	984	35.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Cruviers-Lascours	30	34 km NE	707	34.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bauzille-de-Montmel	34	2.1 km N	1,246	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mas-Blanc-des-Alpilles	13	65 km E	564	38.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Souvignargues	30	15 km NE	957	43.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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