Montsoué

Landes · CC Chalosse Tursan · INSEE 40196

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

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 43 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montsoué (INSEE 40196) is in Landes (40), part of CC Chalosse Tursan. Population 566 (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/40196-montsoue

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 43 % of the 17,371 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.55	10	5.52
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AMITY POINT). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (A DECOIFF). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	AMITY POINT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	A DECOIFF	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: 542 peak 2012: 577 2023: 566 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 577 (2012) → 566 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 538 (1990) → 566 (2023): 5.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 280, of which 7.9 % second homes and 5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 4.8 km NWPharmacy — 4.8 km WBakery — 5.4 km WGP — 5.9 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 (Saint-Sever): 5.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sever): 4.8 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Sever): 5.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Sever): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montsoué): 0 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 40.2

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

Muggy days a summer 16.4▸

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 40 days a year at or above 30 °C and 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the GRENADE-SUR-AD weather station, 9.4 km away at 72 m; the village itself is at 87 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 16 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at URGONS, 11.8 km away at 146 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 59 m above 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 970 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at ST-SEVER, 4.3 km away at 89 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 — 40196/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40196/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40196/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 40196/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40282
INSEE BPE 2025 — 40196
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
Aussac-Vadalle	16	239 km N	564	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 7 %
Montmerrei	61	547 km N	560	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé	69	457 km NE	575	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Vovray-en-Bornes	74	584 km NE	550	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 8 % · humidity 0 %
Mézy-Moulins	02	668 km NE	558	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 68 % · humidity 0 %
Barneville-sur-Seine	27	637 km N	545	28.9	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Aussac-Vadalle	16	239 km N	564	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 99 % · humidity 7 %
Saint-Marcel-l'Éclairé	69	457 km NE	575	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 61 % · humidity 0 %
Montmerrei	61	547 km N	560	30.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 21 % · winter 84 % · humidity 0 %
Vovray-en-Bornes	74	584 km NE	550	31.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 8 % · humidity 0 %
Barneville-sur-Seine	27	637 km N	545	28.9	Few services	no figures
Mézy-Moulins	02	668 km NE	558	31.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 68 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Montsoué'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
Téthieu	40	38 km W	758	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Candresse	40	38 km W	872	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Colombe	40	7.0 km SW	633	37	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Castelnau-Chalosse	40	28 km W	593	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Poyartin	40	29 km W	776	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Préchacq-les-Bains	40	33 km W	808	38.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

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