Montfaucon

Identity

Montfaucon (INSEE 46204) is in Lot (46), part of CC du Causse de Labastide Murat. Population 584 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/46204-montfaucon

Vitality score

Vitality score 35.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 17,244 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

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

4 × Restaurant (CAMPAGNAC DU CAUSSE · CHEZ JEANNE - UN ZESTE DE GOURMANDISE · LA TERRASSE DE MONTFAUCON). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTFAUCON AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTFAUCON). ^[3]

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

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

Market and village life

A seasonal market is recorded here: the source last advertised it for a period that has now ended, and gives no weekday. ^[5]

Trajectory

Population 547 (2012) → 584 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 404 (1990) → 584 (2023): 44.6 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 296, of which 27.4 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Cœur de Causse): 4.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Montfaucon): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Cœur de Causse): 4.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air): 10.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Saint-Germain-du-Bel-Air): 10.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LUNEGARDE weather station, 10.2 km away at 383 m; the village itself is at 333 m. ^[12]

The village sits 50 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LUNEGARDE, 10.2 km away at 383 m, over 23 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 50 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 847 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LUNEGARDE, 10.2 km away at 383 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46204/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. DATAtourisme 2024-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/22/e1aa8cf2-b2f9-3efb-a759-7f0c93987812— “Marché de Montfaucon”(unverified)
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46204/2012
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46204/1990
8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46204/logement/2023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46138
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46204
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 46267
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024