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Montaut

Lot-et-Garonne · CC des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord · INSEE 47184

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

No daily shops 19.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 50 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montaut (INSEE 47184) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC des Bastides en Haut Agenais Périgord. Population 253 (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/47184-montaut

Vitality score

Vitality score 19.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 50 % of the 17,252 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
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.72107.22
Housing mix0.6353.14

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 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 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, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [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]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 294 2023: 253 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 236 (2012) → 253 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 207 (1990) → 253 (2023): 22.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 167, of which 18.6 % second homes and 8.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.0 km NW (Ferrensac)Food shop — 4.4 km SW (Lougratte)GP — 7.0 km NE (Villeréal)Pharmacy — 8.3 km NW (Castillonnès)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km NWFood shop — 4.4 km SWGP — 7.0 km NEPharmacy — 8.3 km NW 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 (Ferrensac): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Lougratte): 4.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Villeréal): 7 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Castillonnès): 8.3 km to the north-west (straight line). [11]

Primary school (Montaut): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [12]

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. [13]

Measured at the CANCON weather station, 8.8 km away at 141 m; the village itself is at 149 m. [13]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. [13]

Humidity measured at LACAPELLE-BIRON, 18.3 km away at 235 m, over 20 summers. [13]

That station sits 86 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [13]

An average of 825 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [13]

Rainfall measured at DOUDRAC, 7.7 km away at 95 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [13]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47184/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47184/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47184/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47184/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47096
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47152
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47324
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47057
  12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 47184
  13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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Charleville51521 km NE26222.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %
La Répara-Auriples26342 km E24418.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Braize03276 km NE25917No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 72 %
Vert40115 km SW23519.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 %
Nanthiat2493 km N24413.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Lussan-Adeilhac31147 km S23620.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Nanthiat2493 km N24413.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vert40115 km SW23519.7No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 77 %
Lussan-Adeilhac31147 km S23620.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Braize03276 km NE25917No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 72 %
La Répara-Auriples26342 km E24418.9No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 59 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Charleville51521 km NE26222.9Few servicesCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 80 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Montaut'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
Nanthiat2493 km N24413.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Aulais-la-Chapelle16110 km NW21915.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Frégimont4740 km SW27122.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Le Faget31148 km SE29715.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Sousmoulins17111 km NW22920.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Martin-Curton4761 km SW30221.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %