Le Montat

Lot · CA du Grand Cahors · INSEE 46197

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

Few services 31.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Montat (INSEE 46197) is in Lot (46), part of CA du Grand Cahors. Population 1,107 (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/46197-le-montat

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 13,725 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.41

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket (LIDL). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (POIVRE ROUGE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (DÉPÔT DU MONTAT). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE DES SPORTS DU MONTAT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (BULLE D'HAIR). ^[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), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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 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]
Supermarket	1	LIDL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	1	POIVRE ROUGE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	1	DÉPÔT DU MONTAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	HALLE DES SPORTS DU MONTAT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	BULLE D'HAIR	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: 236 2023: 1,107 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 993 (2012) → 1,107 (2023): 11.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 685 (1990) → 1,107 (2023): 61.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 524, of which 5.9 % second homes and 5.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.6 km SEBakery — 3.7 km SWPharmacy — 6.7 km NGP — 6.8 km N 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 (Pern-Lhospitalet): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Cieurac): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Cahors): 6.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Cahors): 6.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Le Montat): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 41

Days at or below 0 °C 40.9

Muggy days a summer 3

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LE MONTAT weather station, 1.1 km away at 260 m; the village itself is at 259 m. ^[12]

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

Humidity measured at LE MONTAT, 1.1 km away at 260 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 823 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LE MONTAT, 1.1 km away at 260 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 — 46197/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46197/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46197/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46197/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46172
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46070
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46042
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46197
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
Confrançon	01	352 km NE	1,356	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pardoux-Isaac	47	89 km W	1,111	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Sassay	41	335 km N	1,142	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 80 %
La Sure en Chartreuse	38	349 km E	1,072	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Marlioz	74	402 km NE	1,062	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
La Drenne	60	549 km N	1,080	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pardoux-Isaac	47	89 km W	1,111	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 71 %
Sassay	41	335 km N	1,142	27.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 80 %
La Sure en Chartreuse	38	349 km E	1,072	28	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 24 % · humidity 86 %
Confrançon	01	352 km NE	1,356	36.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Marlioz	74	402 km NE	1,062	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
La Drenne	60	549 km N	1,080	32	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 18 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Montat'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
Saint-Lager-Bressac	07	261 km E	971	33.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Chanoz-Châtenay	01	345 km NE	989	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Mercuer	07	233 km E	1,325	30.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Baix	07	265 km E	1,296	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-Marnhac	46	3.9 km W	1,311	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Le Garric	81	71 km SE	1,302	17.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

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