Montoulieu

Hérault · CC des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises · INSEE 34171

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

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montoulieu (INSEE 34171) is in Hérault (34), part of CC des Cévennes Gangeoises et Suménoises. Population 189 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/34171-montoulieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 15,632 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	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.45	5	2.26

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LE MAS MOUTH). ^[3,4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE L'ABRI DES MOTS). ^[3]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE GRILLON · AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LA DEVEZE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	LE MAS MOUTH	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE L'ABRI DES MOTS	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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LE GRILLON · AIRE NATURELLE DE CAMPING LA DEVEZE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 70 2023: 189 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 161 (2012) → 189 (2023): 17.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 87 (1990) → 189 (2023): 117.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 27.4 % second homes and 6.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 5.4 km SWFood shop — 5.4 km SWPrimary school — 5.4 km SWGP — 5.4 km SWPharmacy — 6.6 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 (Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Saint-Bauzille-de-Putois): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 68▸

Days at or below 0 °C 34.8

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 68 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the MOULES-ET-BAUCELS weather station, 3.9 km away at 252 m; the village itself is at 195 m. ^[10]

The village sits 57 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]

An average of 1,136 mm of rain a year, spread over 79 days — about 14.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at MOULES-ET-BAUCELS, 3.9 km away at 252 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 — 34171/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34171/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34171/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 34171/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 34243
INSEE BPE 2025 — 30263
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
Sermages	58	344 km N	189	15.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Patrice-de-Claids	50	712 km NW	180	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 96 %
Cazavet	09	244 km SW	204	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 82 %
Mézères	43	138 km N	178	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 38 %
Saint-Domet	23	263 km NW	160	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Sornin	03	283 km N	220	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 81 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mézères	43	138 km N	178	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 38 %
Cazavet	09	244 km SW	204	19.5	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 82 %
Saint-Domet	23	263 km NW	160	15.4	No daily shops	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 61 %
Saint-Sornin	03	283 km N	220	21.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 81 %
Sermages	58	344 km N	189	15.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Patrice-de-Claids	50	712 km NW	180	18.1	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 0 % · winter 96 %

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