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Montbrun

Lot · CC Grand-Figeac · INSEE 46198

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 9.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montbrun (INSEE 46198) is in Lot (46), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 117 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46198-montbrun

Vitality score

Vitality score 9.8/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 11,932 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 food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.73107.32
Housing mix0.2151.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 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 1 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES COURNOULISES). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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]
Restaurant0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite1CAMPING LES COURNOULISESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 108 2023: 117 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 110 (2012) → 117 (2023): 6.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 95 (1990) → 117 (2023): 23.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 111, of which 39.6 % second homes and 5.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 3.3 km E (Ambeyrac)Food shop — 3.4 km E (Ambeyrac)Bakery — 5.1 km W (Cajarc)Pharmacy — 5.2 km W (Cajarc)GP — 5.3 km SW (Cajarc)
Primary school — 3.3 km EFood shop — 3.4 km EBakery — 5.1 km WPharmacy — 5.2 km WGP — 5.3 km SW 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 (Cajarc): 5.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Ambeyrac): 3.4 km to the east (straight line). [9]

GP (Cajarc): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Cajarc): 5.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Ambeyrac): 3.3 km to the east (straight line). [9]

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 41 days a year at or above 30 °C and 29 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the FAYCELLES weather station, 11.3 km away at 342 m; the village itself is at 166 m. [10]

The village sits 176 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °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 4 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at FAYCELLES, 11.3 km away at 342 m, over 20 summers. [10]

That station sits 176 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]

An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CAJARC, 4.5 km away at 174 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

What property sold for

13 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 155,000 € — 1,316 € per m² of built surface. [11]

The median across Lot is 1,246 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. [11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46198/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46198/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46198/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46198/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46045
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 12007
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
  11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025

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
Le Poët-Sigillat26272 km E11412.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Barneville-la-Bertran14558 km N1216.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Pezuls2498 km NW1135.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Cessy-les-Bois58331 km N1157.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Andeux21364 km NE11510.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
La Bastide-Solages1279 km SE1177.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
La Bastide-Solages1279 km SE1177.3No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.summer 64 % · winter 73 %
Pezuls2498 km NW1135.4No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 %
Le Poët-Sigillat26272 km E11412.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 51 % · humidity 71 %
Cessy-les-Bois58331 km N1157.6No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Andeux21364 km NE11510.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 33 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Barneville-la-Bertran14558 km N1216.9No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 5 % · winter 95 % · 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 Montbrun'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mechmont4637 km W13411.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Cirq-Madelon4657 km NW15314.2No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Condillac26231 km E1329.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Ségalas47109 km W1556.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Olmet-et-Villecun34142 km SE16314.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Bonnet-de-Salendrinque30165 km E12915.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %