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Montignac

Hautes-Pyrénées · CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées · INSEE 65321

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 14/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 44 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montignac (INSEE 65321) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CA Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées. Population 135 (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/65321-montignac

Vitality score

Vitality score 14/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 44 % of the 13,248 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.71107.05
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 73 peak 2017: 138 2023: 135 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 111 (2012) → 135 (2023): 21.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 112 (1990) → 135 (2023): 20.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 59, of which 1.7 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPrimary school — 1.2 km N (Angos)Bakery — 1.7 km NW (Barbazan-Debat)Food shop — 2.5 km NE (Mascaras)GP — 3.0 km NW (Barbazan-Debat)Pharmacy — 6.6 km NW (Tarbes)
Primary school — 1.2 km NBakery — 1.7 km NWFood shop — 2.5 km NEGP — 3.0 km NWPharmacy — 6.6 km NW 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 (Barbazan-Debat): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Mascaras): 2.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]

GP (Barbazan-Debat): 3 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Tarbes): 6.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [10]

Primary school (Angos): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the TOURNAY weather station, 7.5 km away at 267 m; the village itself is at 432 m. [12]

The village sits 165 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at TARBES-LOURDES-PYRENEES, 12.2 km away at 360 m, over 30 summers. [12]

That station sits 72 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [12]

An average of 1,046 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 8.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at TOURNAY, 7.5 km away at 267 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65321/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65321/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65321/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65321/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65062
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65303
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65440
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 65010
  12. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fleisheim57825 km NE13515.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Assainvillers80740 km N13611.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Landremont54781 km NE13411.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Gredisans39610 km NE13611.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Pierrefitte88725 km NE13417.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Villers-Sir-Simon62813 km N13713.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Gredisans39610 km NE13611.8No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 79 %
Pierrefitte88725 km NE13417.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Assainvillers80740 km N13611.8No daily shopsCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 71 %
Landremont54781 km NE13411.2No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 69 % · winter 59 % · humidity 71 %
Villers-Sir-Simon62813 km N13713.2No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 84 % · humidity 71 %
Fleisheim57825 km NE13515.6No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Montignac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Montreuil-sur-Blaise52697 km NE12911.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Dolancourt10663 km NE1248.5No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Hitte653.9 km S13311No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Frampas52695 km NE15414.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Barbazan-Dessus652.1 km S15512.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Colombé-le-Sec10669 km NE15711No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %