Montfort-en-Chalosse

Landes · CC Terres de Chalosse · INSEE 40194

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

Partly served 52.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 84 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montfort-en-Chalosse (INSEE 40194) is in Landes (40), part of CC Terres de Chalosse. Population 1,242 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/40194-montfort-en-chalosse

Vitality score

Vitality score 52.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 84 % of the 13,016 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.82	20	16.42
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.61	10	6.13
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.2

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 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]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE FRANCK BACHE). ^[4,3]

1 × Supermarket (CARREFOUR CONTACT). ^[4,3]

4 × Restaurant (CEMA PIZZA · RESTAURANT BAR LA TERRASSE · SNACK CHALOSSE PIZZA). ^[4,3]

3 × Café / bar (LE BAR DU COMMERCE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE SERGE BARRANX). ^[4]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (PASCAL ROUX, MÉDECIN · MANON MAUCLERE, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE GRAMBIN, MÉDECIN · EVE-MARIE LAURET, MÉDECIN). ^[4]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LATAPPY BRUGERON). ^[4,3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTFORT EN CHALOSSE LPAC AP). ^[4]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE). ^[4]

3 × Hairdresser (MON ATELIER · BOHAME STUDIO). ^[4,3]

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

1 × Hotel (AUX TAUZINS). ^[4,3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Nursery school (maternelle), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE FRANCK BACHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	1	CARREFOUR CONTACT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	4	CEMA PIZZA · RESTAURANT BAR LA TERRASSE · SNACK CHALOSSE PIZZA	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]
Café / bar	3	LE BAR DU COMMERCE	INSEE SIRENE 3 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	1	COLLEGE SERGE BARRANX	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	PASCAL ROUX, MÉDECIN · MANON MAUCLERE, MÉDECIN · PHILIPPE GRAMBIN, MÉDECIN · EVE-MARIE LAURET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [4]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE LATAPPY BRUGERON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONTFORT EN CHALOSSE LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL · CAISSE REG CREDIT AGRI MUTUEL AQUITAINE	INSEE BPE 2 [4]
Hairdresser	3	MON ATELIER · BOHAME STUDIO	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [4,3]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Hotel	1	AUX TAUZINS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,114 2023: 1,242 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,160 (2012) → 1,242 (2023): 7.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,116 (1990) → 1,242 (2023): 11.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 647, of which 8 % second homes and 9.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 5.3 km N 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 (Poyanne): 5.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montfort-en-Chalosse): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Montfort-en-Chalosse): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montfort-en-Chalosse): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montfort-en-Chalosse): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 31.9

Days at or below 0 °C 36.2

Muggy days a summer 11.6▸

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 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the POYARTIN weather station, 4.1 km away at 47 m; the village itself is at 104 m. ^[10]

The village sits 57 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °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 12 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at DAX, 18.9 km away at 31 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 73 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,171 mm of rain a year, spread over 129 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at POYARTIN, 4.1 km away at 47 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 — 40194/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40194/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40194/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40194/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40235
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40194
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
Mercurey	71	556 km NE	1,211	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 %
Lamothe-Landerron	33	118 km NE	1,114	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Savigné	86	287 km N	1,256	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 29 %
Uzel	22	531 km N	1,134	57.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 81 % · humidity 21 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	269 km NE	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Vélines	24	148 km NE	1,104	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lamothe-Landerron	33	118 km NE	1,114	36.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Vélines	24	148 km NE	1,104	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Saint-Laurent-sur-Gorre	87	269 km NE	1,378	43.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 78 % · humidity 50 %
Savigné	86	287 km N	1,256	59.1	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 29 %
Uzel	22	531 km N	1,134	57.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 81 % · humidity 21 %
Mercurey	71	556 km NE	1,211	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 62 % · winter 80 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Montfort-en-Chalosse'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-Vite	47	165 km NE	1,192	45.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Arthez-de-Béarn	64	33 km SE	1,837	55.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Mazerolles	64	42 km SE	1,194	51.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lagor	64	38 km SE	1,121	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry	64	72 km SW	1,527	52.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Barsac	33	108 km N	2,058	52.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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