Montesquieu

Lot-et-Garonne · CC Albret Communauté · INSEE 47186

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

No daily shops 19.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 14 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montesquieu (INSEE 47186) is in Lot-et-Garonne (47), part of CC Albret Communauté. Population 733 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 19.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 14 % of the 16,173 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.61	10	6.14
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.44

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

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 812 2023: 733 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 759 (2012) → 733 (2023): -3.4 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 658 (1990) → 733 (2023): 11.4 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 396, of which 5.6 % second homes and 14.1 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 2.1 km WFood shop — 2.2 km WPharmacy — 3.7 km EBakery — 4.0 km E 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 (Sérignac-sur-Garonne): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Bruch): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Bruch): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Sérignac-sur-Garonne): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montesquieu): 0.3 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 48.8▸

Days at or below 0 °C 40

Muggy days a summer 7.4

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 49 days a year at or above 30 °C and 40 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the AIGUILLON weather station, 12.1 km away at 32 m; the village itself is at 49 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at AGEN-LA GARENNE, 13 km away at 58 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BRUCH, 3.4 km away at 38 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47186/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2025-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/70f74d06-e15f-34a3-afec-618d071674ff— “Marché traditionnel de Montesquieu”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47186/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47186/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 47186/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47300
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47041
INSEE BPE 2025 — 47186
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
Madaillan	47	14 km NE	648	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Val de Drôme	14	550 km N	899	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 %
Yvrac-et-Malleyrand	16	172 km N	559	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Vaïssac	82	92 km E	964	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Escornebœuf	32	72 km SE	579	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Duhort-Bachen	40	81 km SW	700	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Madaillan	47	14 km NE	648	22.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Escornebœuf	32	72 km SE	579	21.5	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Duhort-Bachen	40	81 km SW	700	28	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 %
Vaïssac	82	92 km E	964	24.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Yvrac-et-Malleyrand	16	172 km N	559	22	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 96 % · humidity 79 %
Val de Drôme	14	550 km N	899	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 77 % · 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 Montesquieu'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.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Menville	31	84 km SE	805	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-d'Espis	82	43 km E	559	22.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vénès	81	150 km E	718	40.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Puycornet	82	70 km E	785	42.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Léon	47	18 km NW	329	16.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Mézens	81	109 km SE	536	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %

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