Montouliers
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 21/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 57 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montouliers (INSEE 34170) is in Hérault (34), part of CC Sud-Hérault. Population 242 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 21/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 57 % of the 17,081 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.8 | 10 | 8.01 |
| Housing mix | 0.29 | 5 | 1.45 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA CROISETTE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTOULIERS AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 1 | LA CROISETTE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | MONTOULIERS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 247 (2012) → 242 (2023): -2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 186 (1990) → 242 (2023): 30.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 228, of which 35.5 % second homes and 10.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cruzy): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Argeliers): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Argeliers): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Cruzy): 3.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Argeliers): 2.9 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 62 days a year at or above 30 °C and 10 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS weather station, 6.7 km away at 258 m; the village itself is at 88 m. [10]
The village sits 170 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 8 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 6.7 km away at 258 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 170 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 717 mm of rain a year, spread over 75 days — about 9.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST JEAN DE MINERVOIS, 6.7 km away at 258 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34170/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34170/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34170/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34170/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 34092
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 11012
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Barrou | 11 | 43 km S | 272 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Moriez | 04 | 295 km E | 238 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Champlemy | 58 | 441 km N | 305 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 % |
| Fontgombault | 36 | 401 km N | 268 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 % |
| Voisey | 52 | 553 km NE | 272 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 19 % · humidity 64 % |
| Chavaniac-Lafayette | 43 | 210 km N | 273 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Barrou | 11 | 43 km S | 272 | 20.4 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 % |
| Chavaniac-Lafayette | 43 | 210 km N | 273 | 23.5 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 10 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Moriez | 04 | 295 km E | 238 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 43 % |
| Fontgombault | 36 | 401 km N | 268 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 61 % · humidity 50 % |
| Champlemy | 58 | 441 km N | 305 | 15.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 31 % · humidity 64 % |
| Voisey | 52 | 553 km NE | 272 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 19 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Montouliers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agel | 34 | 4.3 km W | 240 | 25.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
| Beaufort | 34 | 13 km W | 214 | 24 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Oupia | 34 | 13 km SW | 274 | 25 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Azillanet | 34 | 14 km W | 357 | 39.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nazaire-de-Ladarez | 34 | 23 km NE | 327 | 34.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cesseras | 34 | 16 km W | 435 | 39.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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