Montay

Nord · CA du Caudrésis et du Catésis · INSEE 59412

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montay (INSEE 59412) is in Nord (59), part of CA du Caudrésis et du Catésis. Population 276 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[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/59412-montay

Vitality score

Vitality score 24.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 65 % of the 17,623 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.35	10	3.52
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.87

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 1 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. ^[4]

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

2 × Hairdresser (M&COLOR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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	2	M&COLOR	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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: 381 2023: 276 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 335 (2012) → 276 (2023): -17.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 324 (1990) → 276 (2023): -14.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 151, of which 1.3 % second homes and 11.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.4 km SFood shop — 1.4 km SPharmacy — 1.4 km SGP — 1.6 km S 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 (Le Cateau-Cambrésis): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Cateau-Cambrésis): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Le Cateau-Cambrésis): 1.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Le Cateau-Cambrésis): 1.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Montay): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

No climate figures: the nearest weather station is more than 20 km away, too far to describe this commune.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59412/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59412/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59412/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 59412/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59136
INSEE BPE 2025 — 59412

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
Noyelles-sur-Sambre	59	19 km E	283	24.3	Few services	no figures
Pozières	80	59 km W	263	25.9	Few services	no figures
Éclaibes	59	29 km E	269	26.1	Few services	no figures
Tangry	62	93 km NW	265	27.1	Few services	no figures
Saint-Paul-de-Fourques	27	221 km SW	277	31.9	Few services	no figures
Gabat	64	827 km SW	274	28.3	Few services	no figures

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Noyelles-sur-Sambre	59	19 km E	283	24.3	Few services	no figures
Éclaibes	59	29 km E	269	26.1	Few services	no figures
Pozières	80	59 km W	263	25.9	Few services	no figures
Tangry	62	93 km NW	265	27.1	Few services	no figures
Saint-Paul-de-Fourques	27	221 km SW	277	31.9	Few services	no figures
Gabat	64	827 km SW	274	28.3	Few services	no figures

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