Montois-la-Montagne
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 38.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 25 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montois-la-Montagne (INSEE 57481) is in Moselle (57), part of CC du Pays Orne Moselle. Population 2,711 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/57481-montois-la-montagne
Vitality score
Vitality score 38.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 25 % of the 7,768 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 | 0.13 | 25 | 3.28 |
| Social | 0.43 | 20 | 8.65 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.51 | 10 | 5.13 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.48 | 10 | 4.83 |
| Housing mix | 0.99 | 5 | 4.94 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (ROZOY CYRIL). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (EURL MAMA MIA II · L'ATELIER · SPADA PASTA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CURIE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (RUPERT DEREX, MÉDECIN · LEANDRE REGGIANINI, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHOX). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES SPORTS). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (FREE STYLE COIFFURE · HAIR'S). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | ROZOY CYRIL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | 4 | EURL MAMA MIA II · L'ATELIER · SPADA PASTA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE CURIE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | RUPERT DEREX, MÉDECIN · LEANDRE REGGIANINI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHOX | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE DES SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | FREE STYLE COIFFURE · HAIR'S | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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
Population 2,380 (2012) → 2,711 (2023): 13.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 2,759 (1990) → 2,711 (2023): -1.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,282, of which 0.6 % second homes and 5.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Montois-la-Montagne): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Jœuf): 1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Montois-la-Montagne): 0.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Montois-la-Montagne): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Montois-la-Montagne): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 52 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the MALANCOURT weather station, 2.8 km away at 346 m; the village itself is at 276 m. [10]
The village sits 70 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at METZ-FRESCATY, 18.1 km away at 192 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 84 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 905 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MALANCOURT, 2.8 km away at 346 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57481/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57481/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57481/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 57481/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 57481
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 54280
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cérons | 33 | 702 km SW | 2,126 | 42 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 68 % · humidity 29 % |
| Castres-Gironde | 33 | 702 km SW | 2,695 | 47 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 % |
| Montferrand-le-Château | 25 | 226 km S | 2,180 | 45.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vivier-au-Court | 08 | 104 km NW | 2,732 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Crêts en Belledonne | 38 | 427 km S | 3,470 | 35.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 % |
| Gonnehem | 62 | 289 km NW | 2,525 | 51.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivier-au-Court | 08 | 104 km NW | 2,732 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montferrand-le-Château | 25 | 226 km S | 2,180 | 45.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gonnehem | 62 | 289 km NW | 2,525 | 51.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Crêts en Belledonne | 38 | 427 km S | 3,470 | 35.5 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 96 % |
| Cérons | 33 | 702 km SW | 2,126 | 42 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 68 % · humidity 29 % |
| Castres-Gironde | 33 | 702 km SW | 2,695 | 47 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 70 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Montois-la-Montagne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivier-au-Court | 08 | 104 km NW | 2,732 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cappelle-en-Pévèle | 59 | 250 km NW | 2,257 | 51.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne | 91 | 280 km W | 3,146 | 31.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vieux-Thann | 68 | 177 km SE | 2,866 | 48.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bury | 60 | 267 km W | 2,838 | 46.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bazancourt | 51 | 135 km W | 2,495 | 55.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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