Montarcher

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42146

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

No daily shops 15/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 72 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montarcher (INSEE 42146) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 63 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 15/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 72 % of the 6,519 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	5	0
Population trend	0.65	10	6.45
Housing mix	0	5	0

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (LE CLOS DE MONTARCHER). ^[3,4]

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, 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	LE CLOS DE MONTARCHER	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)	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	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: 87 2023: 63 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 66 (2012) → 63 (2023): -4.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 55 (1990) → 63 (2023): 14.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 79, of which 53.2 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.5 km NEFood shop — 4.7 km SBakery — 4.9 km SGP — 6.6 km NEPharmacy — 6.7 km SE 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 (Estivareilles): 4.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Estivareilles): 4.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Soleymieux): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-le-Château): 6.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Marols): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.1

Days at or below 0 °C 104▸

Muggy days a summer 2.6

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 104 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC weather station, 6.5 km away at 822 m; the village itself is at 1,144 m. ^[12]

The village sits 322 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 322 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 6.5 km away at 822 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42146/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42146/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42146/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42146/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42140
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
Grandvals	48	110 km SW	61	8.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Le Rialet	81	244 km SW	63	15	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Teyssières	26	143 km SE	66	12.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze	23	133 km W	71	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Barret-de-Lioure	26	184 km SE	72	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges	48	101 km S	62	14.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Frézal-d'Albuges	48	101 km S	62	14.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Grandvals	48	110 km SW	61	8.5	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Oradoux-de-Chirouze	23	133 km W	71	16.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 79 %
Teyssières	26	143 km SE	66	12.8	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Barret-de-Lioure	26	184 km SE	72	19.2	No daily shops	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 39 % · humidity 79 %
Le Rialet	81	244 km SW	63	15	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Montarcher'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
Viam	19	165 km W	85	9.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Gourbit	09	351 km SW	82	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Palogneux	42	32 km N	69	10.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Toy-Viam	19	162 km W	35	1.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelle-en-Lafaye	42	0.7 km NW	138	18.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Vouthon-Haut	55	357 km N	73	15.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %

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