Moncontour

Vienne · CC du Pays Loudunais · INSEE 86161

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

Partly served 58.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Moncontour (INSEE 86161) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Pays Loudunais. Population 976 (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/86161-moncontour

Vitality score

Vitality score 58.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 95 % of the 14,460 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.79	10	7.91
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.55	10	5.51
Housing mix	0.67	5	3.36

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 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 2 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE CHARVIN-MERE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Restaurant (LE COLIGNY). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MONCONTOUR). ^[3]

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (FLORENTIN AUGER, MÉDECIN · FRANCK JOSEPH-THEODORE, MÉDECIN · MAXIME PRIMAULT, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE CENTRALE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (STADE MUNICIPAL). ^[3]

1 × Swimming pool (BASE DE LOISIRS). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (LE CLIN D'OEIL COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MONCONTOUR ACTIVE PARK). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE CHARVIN-MERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COOP	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	1	LE COLIGNY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MONCONTOUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	3	FLORENTIN AUGER, MÉDECIN · FRANCK JOSEPH-THEODORE, MÉDECIN · MAXIME PRIMAULT, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE CENTRALE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	MONCONTOUR LPA AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	STADE MUNICIPAL	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	1	BASE DE LOISIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	LE CLIN D'OEIL COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	MONCONTOUR ACTIVE PARK	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,171 2023: 976 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 978 (2012) → 976 (2023): -0.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 929 (1990) → 976 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 652, of which 16.4 % second homes and 12 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Moncontour): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Moncontour): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Moncontour): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Moncontour): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Moncontour): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.3

Days at or below 0 °C 52.5

Muggy days a summer 3.3

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the MARTAIZE weather station, 4.8 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 68 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MARTAIZE, 4.8 km away at 61 m, over 10 summers. ^[9]

An average of 579 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at MARTAIZE, 4.8 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86161/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86161/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86161/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86161/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86161
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
Droué	41	153 km NE	999	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Marcillat-en-Combraille	03	218 km E	900	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 %
Charroux	86	88 km S	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Gouarec	22	280 km NW	866	67.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Hauteroche	39	433 km E	971	66.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %
Souesmes	41	178 km E	999	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Charroux	86	88 km S	1,036	48.9	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Droué	41	153 km NE	999	55.2	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Souesmes	41	178 km E	999	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 85 % · winter 91 %
Marcillat-en-Combraille	03	218 km E	900	60.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 95 %
Gouarec	22	280 km NW	866	67.3	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 %
Hauteroche	39	433 km E	971	66.3	Served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 46 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Moncontour'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
Culan	18	184 km E	779	58.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
La Chapelaude	03	199 km E	938	60.2	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Cognac-la-Forêt	87	141 km SE	1,188	44.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %
Santenay	21	358 km E	820	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Doyet	03	224 km E	1,109	40.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Fontaine-les-Grès	10	341 km NE	914	62.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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