Montans

Tarn · CA Gaillac-Graulhet · INSEE 81171

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 45/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 63 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montans (INSEE 81171) is in Tarn (81), part of CA Gaillac-Graulhet. Population 1,558 (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/81171-montans

Vitality score

Vitality score 45/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 63 % of the 11,340 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	0.34	25	8.55
Social	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (LE JERKY FRANCAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (A&B · CHEZ MARCEL'S). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (MONTANS AP). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DES FETES). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (MAUD BIEN ETRE). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Butcher (boucherie), 2 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Supermarket, 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)	2	LE JERKY FRANCAIS	INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	2	A&B · CHEZ MARCEL'S	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AMANDUS	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	MONTANS AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DES FETES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	MAUD BIEN ETRE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	1	STATION SERVICE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 974 2023: 1,558 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,375 (2012) → 1,558 (2023): 13.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 972 (1990) → 1,558 (2023): 60.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 711, of which 5.1 % second homes and 6.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km NPharmacy — 3.0 km NEGP — 3.2 km N 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 (Gaillac): 1.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Montans): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Gaillac): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Brens): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Montans): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 44.1▸

Days at or below 0 °C 41.1

Muggy days a summer 7.3

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 44 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTANS weather station, 2.4 km away at 129 m; the village itself is at 152 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 7 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LAVAUR, 19.1 km away at 131 m, over 29 summers. ^[11]

An average of 700 mm of rain a year, spread over 100 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTANS, 2.4 km away at 129 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81171/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81171/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81171/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81171/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81099
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81171
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81038
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
Corneilhan	34	117 km SE	1,622	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Cabrières	30	208 km E	1,817	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Malicorne-sur-Sarthe	72	465 km N	1,854	53.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte	95	594 km N	964	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %
Sainte-Cécile	85	397 km NW	1,575	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 86 %
Salaunes	33	246 km NW	1,260	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Corneilhan	34	117 km SE	1,622	37.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Cabrières	30	208 km E	1,817	36.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Salaunes	33	246 km NW	1,260	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Sainte-Cécile	85	397 km NW	1,575	48.7	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 33 % · winter 86 %
Malicorne-sur-Sarthe	72	465 km N	1,854	53.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 99 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Clair-sur-Epte	95	594 km N	964	53.4	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 13 % · winter 96 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Montans'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
Saint-Morillon	33	209 km NW	1,834	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Aureille	13	247 km E	1,533	43.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Eymeux	26	294 km NE	1,097	35	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Hérépian	34	103 km E	1,594	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Argelliers	34	145 km E	1,002	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Roquecourbe	81	40 km SE	2,172	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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