Montvalent

Lot · CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne · INSEE 46208

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

Few services 29.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 73 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montvalent (INSEE 46208) is in Lot (46), part of CC Causses et Vallée de la Dordogne. Population 314 (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/46208-montvalent

Vitality score

Vitality score 29.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 73 % of the 17,926 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.48	20	9.5
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.85	10	8.48
Housing mix	0.01	5	0.03

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 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 1 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (MA BARIF CHOU · LE VIRAGE · LA GUINGUETTE DU VIEUX CHENE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Swimming pool (PORT DE GLUGES). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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	3	MA BARIF CHOU · LE VIRAGE · LA GUINGUETTE DU VIEUX CHENE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTVALENT MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	1	PORT DE GLUGES	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 212 2023: 314 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 300 (2012) → 314 (2023): 4.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 233 (1990) → 314 (2023): 34.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 350, of which 49.7 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 2.3 km EPrimary school — 3.9 km WFood shop — 4.2 km WGP — 6.2 km NPharmacy — 6.3 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 (Montvalent): 2.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Sozy): 4.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Martel): 6.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Martel): 6.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saint-Sozy): 3.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 44.3▸

Days at or below 0 °C 57.1

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SOUILLAC-PRESSIGNAC weather station, 12.9 km away at 101 m; the village itself is at 170 m. ^[11]

The village sits 69 m above 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. ^[11]

An average of 898 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VAYRAC - BROUSS, 11.8 km away at 152 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46208/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46208/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46208/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46208/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46208
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 46185
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
Canale-di-Verde	2B	696 km E	302	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 26 %
La Martre	83	415 km E	226	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 24 %
Ponteils-et-Brésis	30	194 km E	365	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 62 %
Liglet	86	186 km N	297	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 92 %
Vieussan	34	185 km SE	267	16.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 36 %
Thédirac	46	39 km SW	303	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thédirac	46	39 km SW	303	25.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 85 % · winter 68 %
Vieussan	34	185 km SE	267	16.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 90 % · winter 36 %
Liglet	86	186 km N	297	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 38 % · winter 92 %
Ponteils-et-Brésis	30	194 km E	365	23	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 69 % · winter 62 %
La Martre	83	415 km E	226	27.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 31 % · winter 24 %
Canale-di-Verde	2B	696 km E	302	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 15 % · winter 26 %

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