Monieux
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 21.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 54 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Monieux (INSEE 84079) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CC Ventoux Sud. Population 263 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 21.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 54 % of the 17,415 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 | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.01 | 5 | 0.03 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT LES LAVANDES). [4,3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (MONIEUX AP). [4]
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, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | RESTAURANT LES LAVANDES | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [4,3] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | MONIEUX AP | INSEE BPE 1 [4] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 350 (2012) → 263 (2023): -24.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 158 (1990) → 263 (2023): 66.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 312, of which 49.7 % second homes and 6.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Sault): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Sault): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Sault): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Sault): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Sault): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 103 days at or below 0 °C, over 13 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SAULT weather station, 2.9 km away at 670 m; the village itself is at 663 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ST CHRISTOL, 11 km away at 836 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 173 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 886 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at MONIEUX, 2.2 km away at 818 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84079/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84079/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84079/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84079/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84123
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien-le-Petit | 87 | 348 km NW | 290 | 16 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Prix | 07 | 119 km NW | 269 | 21.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rivèrenert | 09 | 355 km W | 208 | 21.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 % |
| Florentin-la-Capelle | 12 | 226 km W | 286 | 13 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 55 % |
| Sexcles | 19 | 287 km NW | 228 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lacaze | 81 | 231 km W | 318 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Prix | 07 | 119 km NW | 269 | 21.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 50 % · humidity 93 % |
| Florentin-la-Capelle | 12 | 226 km W | 286 | 13 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 64 % · winter 55 % |
| Lacaze | 81 | 231 km W | 318 | 14.7 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 0 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sexcles | 19 | 287 km NW | 228 | 14.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Julien-le-Petit | 87 | 348 km NW | 290 | 16 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 3 % · humidity 86 % |
| Rivèrenert | 09 | 355 km W | 208 | 21.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 35 % · humidity 79 % |
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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 Monieux'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-Pierre-Bellevue | 23 | 342 km NW | 215 | 13 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Nouaille | 23 | 326 km NW | 224 | 21.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Julien-en-Vercors | 26 | 109 km N | 264 | 32.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Amandin | 15 | 254 km NW | 225 | 15.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Monteil | 15 | 264 km NW | 261 | 17.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Roussillon-en-Morvan | 71 | 343 km N | 272 | 3.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 % |
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