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Les Montils

Loir-et-Cher · CA de Blois ''Agglopolys'' · INSEE 41147

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

Partly served 53.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Montils (INSEE 41147) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CA de Blois ''Agglopolys''. Population 1,945 (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/41147-les-montils

Vitality score

Vitality score 53.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 9,793 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.26256.56
Social0.512010.26
Education0.63106.32
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend11010
Housing mix0.9454.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MARTOM). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (PROXIMARCHE). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant. [3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE BEL AIR). [4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE MADELEINE). [3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (OLIVIER ROUSSELET, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS PESSEAU, MÉDECIN · AUDE METIVIER-LECOEUVRE, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DES MONTILS). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LES MONTILS RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LES MONTILS MAIRIE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]

1 × Bank (CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCE). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFFEUR CREATEUR MICHAELE · MYLENE · APHRODITE). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MARTOMINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1PROXIMARCHEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar2LE BEL AIRINSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE STE MARIE MADELEINEINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3OLIVIER ROUSSELET, MÉDECIN · FRANCOIS PESSEAU, MÉDECIN · AUDE METIVIER-LECOEUVRE, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DES MONTILSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LES MONTILS RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE LES MONTILS MAIRIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1SALLE DES SPORTSINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1CREDIT AGRICOLE VAL DE FRANCEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser3COIFFEUR CREATEUR MICHAELE · MYLENE · APHRODITEINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 717 2023: 1,945 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,868 (2012) → 1,945 (2023): 4.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 1,196 (1990) → 1,945 (2023): 62.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 946, of which 3.2 % second homes and 6.6 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Les Montils): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Les Montils): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

GP (Les Montils): 0.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Les Montils): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Les Montils): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the BLOIS - VILLE weather station, 8.9 km away at 69 m; the village itself is at 93 m. [9]

An average of 692 mm of rain a year, spread over 111 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at LES MONTILS, 3 km away at 87 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41147/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41147/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41147/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41147/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41147
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Hurigny71295 km SE1,95952.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Wisches67458 km E2,05054Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Thaon14235 km NW1,89450.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 73 %
Le Temple-de-Bretagne44233 km W1,97553.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 84 %
Ottmarsheim68466 km E2,05452.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 61 %
Trept38367 km SE2,09553.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Le Temple-de-Bretagne44233 km W1,97553.6Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 84 %
Thaon14235 km NW1,89450.2Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.summer 51 % · winter 73 %
Hurigny71295 km SE1,95952.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 85 %
Trept38367 km SE2,09553.5Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 79 % · winter 57 %
Wisches67458 km E2,05054Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 82 %
Ottmarsheim68466 km E2,05452.7Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 61 %

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