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Monbahus

Lot-et-Garonne · CC des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord · INSEE 47170

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

Few services 28.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monbahus (INSEE 47170) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord. Population 626 (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/47170-monbahus

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 16,841 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
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.4104.01
Housing mix0.8254.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 2 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 2 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [3]

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

1 × Collège (COLLEGE NOTRE DAME). [4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONBAHUS AP). [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE MONBAHUS). [4]

1 × Hairdresser (AMELIE MARSALET COIFFURE). [4,3]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège1COLLEGE NOTRE DAMEINSEE BPE 1 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale1MONBAHUS APINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE MONBAHUSINSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser1AMELIE MARSALET COIFFUREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Fuel station1STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 863 2023: 626 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 621 (2012) → 626 (2023): 0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 695 (1990) → 626 (2023): -9.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 416, of which 9.1 % second homes and 19.7 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 6.6 km NE (Cancon)Food shop — 7.0 km NE (Lougratte)GP — 7.2 km E (Cancon)Pharmacy — 7.9 km SW (Tombebœuf)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 6.6 km NEFood shop — 7.0 km NEGP — 7.2 km EPharmacy — 7.9 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 (Cancon): 6.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lougratte): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Cancon): 7.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Tombebœuf): 7.9 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Monbahus): 0.4 km to the west (straight line). [11]

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 37 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the CANCON weather station, 8.1 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 146 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at SAINTE-LIVRADE-SUR-LOT, 14.4 km away at 49 m, over 21 summers. [12]

That station sits 97 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 846 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at CANCON, 8.1 km away at 141 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 — 47170/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  4. INSEE BPE 2025
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47170/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47170/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47170/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47048
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47152
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47309
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47170
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Vautorte53430 km N60732.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %
Manglieu63251 km NE46730.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 %
Mosnay36246 km N45929.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Thourie35399 km N86835.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Courcemont72403 km N66438.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 82 %
Sainte-Croix12114 km E73430.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sainte-Croix12114 km E73430.6Few servicesWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 69 % · humidity 79 %
Mosnay36246 km N45929.7Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Manglieu63251 km NE46730.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 38 % · humidity 64 %
Thourie35399 km N86835.3Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 100 % · humidity 79 %
Courcemont72403 km N66438.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 82 %
Vautorte53430 km N60732.7Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 72 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Monbahus'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
Sérignac8280 km SE51828.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Rouffignac17117 km NW43730.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Vincent-la-Châtre79192 km N58936Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Celles2484 km N61920.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Bouillac8291 km SE58424.1Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Sérénac81157 km SE50425.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %