Monthoiron

Vienne · CA Grand Châtellerault · INSEE 86164

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

Few services 21.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Monthoiron (INSEE 86164) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 673 (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/86164-monthoiron

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 16,565 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.05
Housing mix	0.9	5	4.49

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

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE MONTHOIRON	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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]
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: 393 peak 2012: 689 2023: 673 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 689 (2012) → 673 (2023): -2.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 609 (1990) → 673 (2023): 10.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 334, of which 5.1 % second homes and 9.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.8 km EPharmacy — 3.9 km NWBakery — 6.1 km WGP — 6.2 km W 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 (Vouneuil-sur-Vienne): 6.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chenevelles): 2.8 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Vouneuil-sur-Vienne): 6.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Availles-en-Châtellerault): 3.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Monthoiron): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARCHIGNY weather station, 7 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 123 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNY, 7 km away at 138 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 745 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BONNEUIL-MATOUR, 6.9 km away at 57 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86164/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86164/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86164/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86164/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86298
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86014
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86164
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
Calleville	27	274 km N	665	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy	76	320 km N	661	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Pont	03	215 km E	689	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents	57	548 km NE	670	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Réméréville	54	484 km NE	648	26.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Eusèbe	74	420 km E	633	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pont	03	215 km E	689	26.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Calleville	27	274 km N	665	22.7	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Croix-sur-Buchy	76	320 km N	661	24.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 69 % · winter 84 %
Saint-Eusèbe	74	420 km E	633	26.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 32 % · humidity 79 %
Réméréville	54	484 km NE	648	26.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Danne-et-Quatre-Vents	57	548 km NE	670	24.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Monthoiron'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
Fouju	77	262 km NE	655	23	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Marolles	41	114 km NE	714	20.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Eanne	79	68 km SW	580	19.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Chalautre-la-Grande	77	293 km NE	644	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Champdeuil	77	263 km NE	739	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Diors	36	92 km E	756	23.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %

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