Montfa

Tarn · CC Sidobre Vals et Plateaux · INSEE 81177

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

Few services 24.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Montfa (INSEE 81177) is in Tarn (81), part of CC Sidobre Vals et Plateaux. Population 464 (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.

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Vitality score

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

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,938 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.7

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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”.

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

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CHICANE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), 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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE LA CHICANE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 239 peak 2017: 488 2023: 464 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 437 (2012) → 464 (2023): 6.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 278 (1990) → 464 (2023): 66.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 198, of which 3 % second homes and 3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.1 km SEBakery — 5.4 km SEFood shop — 5.4 km SEPharmacy — 8.7 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 (Roquecourbe): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Roquecourbe): 5.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Roquecourbe): 5.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Castres): 8.7 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Montfa): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 39.4

Days at or below 0 °C 43.1

Muggy days a summer 4.7

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 39 days a year at or above 30 °C and 43 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BURLATS weather station, 7.2 km away at 216 m; the village itself is at 333 m. ^[11]

The village sits 117 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTREDON-LABESSONNIE, 9.6 km away at 566 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 233 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,103 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 9.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTREDON-MAN, 6.6 km away at 508 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81177/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81177/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81177/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 81177/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81227
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81065
INSEE BPE 2025 — 81177
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
Bernac	16	308 km NW	465	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Laurent-Bretagne	64	200 km W	449	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Lahoussoye	80	696 km N	442	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Donzacq	40	245 km W	452	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Schwerdorff	57	712 km NE	472	21.3	Few services	no figures
Mauressac	31	77 km SW	492	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Mauressac	31	77 km SW	492	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Laurent-Bretagne	64	200 km W	449	22.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Donzacq	40	245 km W	452	20.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 92 %
Bernac	16	308 km NW	465	19.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Lahoussoye	80	696 km N	442	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Schwerdorff	57	712 km NE	472	21.3	Few services	no figures

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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 Montfa'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
Lux	31	47 km SW	342	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sauviac	33	209 km NW	333	21.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Toutens	31	47 km SW	430	17.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Agnan	81	41 km W	304	24.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Monbrun	32	98 km W	394	26.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Gasques	82	118 km NW	404	12.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

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