Le Monteil

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43140

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

Few services 24/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 27 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Monteil (INSEE 43140) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 691 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[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/43140-le-monteil

Vitality score

Vitality score 24/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 27 % of the 16,438 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.79	10	7.92
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 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”.

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 237 2023: 691 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 611 (2012) → 691 (2023): 13.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 535 (1990) → 691 (2023): 29.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 327, of which 4 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 0.9 km SWPharmacy — 0.9 km WBakery — 1.0 km SWFood shop — 1.0 km W 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 (Chadrac): 1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chadrac): 1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chadrac): 0.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chadrac): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Le Monteil): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.5

Days at or below 0 °C 73.7

Muggy days a summer 0

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE PUY-CHADRAC weather station, 1.8 km away at 714 m; the village itself is at 627 m. ^[10]

The village sits 87 m below 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 1.8 km away at 714 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 87 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 615 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 1.8 km away at 714 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 — 43140/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43140/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43140/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43140/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43046
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43140
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
Breuil-Bois-Robert	78	463 km N	764	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Chemy	59	612 km N	766	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage	38	145 km E	784	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Lalande-de-Pomerol	33	324 km W	618	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 57 %
Machemont	60	499 km N	830	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Saliès	81	193 km SW	806	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-de-Mésage	38	145 km E	784	23	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 62 % · winter 84 %
Saliès	81	193 km SW	806	24.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 57 % · humidity 79 %
Lalande-de-Pomerol	33	324 km W	618	18.6	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 42 % · humidity 57 %
Breuil-Bois-Robert	78	463 km N	764	24.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 53 % · humidity 93 %
Machemont	60	499 km N	830	23.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 64 % · humidity 86 %
Chemy	59	612 km N	766	22.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 47 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Le Monteil'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
Pallud	73	206 km E	784	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sauverny	01	220 km NE	1,022	15.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Wuenheim	68	401 km NE	768	10.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Vogelgrun	68	431 km NE	628	32.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Buschwiller	68	391 km NE	1,047	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Uttenheim	67	466 km NE	596	16.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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