Montagny

Identity

Montagny (INSEE 42145) is in Loire (42), part of CA Roannais Agglomération. Population 1,110 (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/42145-montagny

Vitality score

Vitality score 38.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 13,710 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.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (SALAISON DU RHODON). ^[3]

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

2 × Restaurant (BAM). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE ROUTE DE COUTOUVRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE ST JOSEPH LES TILLEULS). ^[3]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTAGNY RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - MONTAGNY). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LACHIZE FRANCIOLI GAELLE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 1,158 (2012) → 1,110 (2023): -4.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,124 (1990) → 1,110 (2023): -1.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 555, of which 4 % second homes and 10.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint-Victor-sur-Rhins): 4.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montagny): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Régny): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Montagny): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montagny): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the NANDAX weather station, 7.9 km away at 374 m; the village itself is at 490 m. ^[11]

The village sits 116 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PERREUX, 9.6 km away at 297 m, over 16 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 193 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 892 mm of rain a year, spread over 119 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTAGNY, 2.1 km away at 460 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42145/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42145/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42145/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42145/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42293
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42145
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 42181
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024