Montaner

Identity

Montaner (INSEE 64398) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Adour Madiran. Population 408 (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/64398-montaner

Vitality score

Vitality score 20/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 33 % of the 17,960 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.

Services

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (MR VAGABOND VIC EN BIGORRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE MONTANER). ^[3]

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

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 460 (2012) → 408 (2023): -11.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 509 (1990) → 408 (2023): -19.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 232, of which 4.7 % second homes and 8.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Pujo): 6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Camalès): 6.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vic-en-Bigorre): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Andrest): 6.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Pontiacq-Viellepinte): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[12]

Climate

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 31 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[13]

Measured at the GER weather station, 13.4 km away at 410 m; the village itself is at 260 m. ^[13]

The village sits 150 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[13]

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

Humidity measured at GER, 13.4 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. ^[13]

That station sits 150 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 1,024 mm of rain a year, spread over 127 days — about 8.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[13]

Rainfall measured at MONTANER, 0.9 km away at 325 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 — 64398/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64398/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64398/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64398/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65372
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65121
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65460
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65007
12. INSEE BPE 2025 — 64454
13. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024