Montaut
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.
Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 11 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Montaut (INSEE 64400) is in Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64), part of CC Pays de Nay. Population 1,120 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/64400-montaut
Vitality score
Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 11 % of the 13,670 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 | 0.2 | 20 | 3.93 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.2 | 5 | 0.98 |
| Population trend | 0.64 | 10 | 6.36 |
| Housing mix | 0.95 | 5 | 4.75 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (CHEZ CYRILLE). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTAUT RP). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (L'EMPREINTE). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, 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 | 1 | CHEZ CYRILLE | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 1 | MONTAUT RP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | SALLE POLYVALENTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 1 | L'EMPREINTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 1,129 (2012) → 1,120 (2023): -0.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 986 (1990) → 1,120 (2023): 13.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 558, of which 2.5 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Lestelle-Bétharram): 0.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Lestelle-Bétharram): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Lestelle-Bétharram): 0.9 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Lestelle-Bétharram): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Montaut): 0.5 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ASSON weather station, 5.9 km away at 337 m; the village itself is at 322 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at GER, 15.3 km away at 410 m, over 18 summers. [10]
That station sits 88 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,380 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at LESTELLE-BETH, 0.8 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
70 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 200,500 € — 1,805 € per m² of built surface. [11]
The median across Pyrénées-Atlantiques is 2,055 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64400/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64400/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64400/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 64400/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64339
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 64400
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirepoix-sur-Tarn | 31 | 162 km NE | 1,139 | 28 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 92 % |
| Westhalten | 68 | 790 km NE | 1,017 | 30.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
| Sommedieue | 55 | 793 km NE | 944 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 % |
| Xeuilley | 54 | 776 km NE | 959 | 31.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 % |
| Changis-sur-Marne | 77 | 694 km N | 1,335 | 26.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 % |
| Bassou | 89 | 606 km NE | 869 | 31.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirepoix-sur-Tarn | 31 | 162 km NE | 1,139 | 28 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 51 % · winter 92 % |
| Bassou | 89 | 606 km NE | 869 | 31.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 43 % |
| Changis-sur-Marne | 77 | 694 km N | 1,335 | 26.7 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 % |
| Xeuilley | 54 | 776 km NE | 959 | 31.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 88 % · humidity 36 % |
| Westhalten | 68 | 790 km NE | 1,017 | 30.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 86 % · humidity 36 % |
| Sommedieue | 55 | 793 km NE | 944 | 30.6 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 73 % |
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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.
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oursbelille | 65 | 26 km NE | 1,222 | 17.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Pierre-d'Aurillac | 33 | 160 km N | 1,246 | 30.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lussant | 17 | 319 km N | 1,004 | 43.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marcilly-d'Azergues | 69 | 496 km NE | 1,066 | 32.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Court | 18 | 486 km N | 594 | 15.9 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Marcellus | 47 | 152 km N | 892 | 24.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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