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Chavanges

Aube · CC des Lacs de Champagne · INSEE 10094

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

Partly served 48.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chavanges (INSEE 10094) is in Aube (10), part of CC des Lacs de Champagne. Population 567 (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/10094-chavanges

Vitality score

Vitality score 48.6/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,378 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.422510.54
Social0.32206.32
Education0.63106.32
Health0.79107.91
Public & culture0.6353.16
Population trend0.28102.79
Housing mix0.8654.28

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 1 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]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA MEDIEVALE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (SUPERETTE DE CHAVANGES). [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (PIZZERIA LA MELYNA). [3,4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BENOIT PINGRIS, MÉDECIN · MYLENE JACQUOT, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE COMPERAT, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE CHAVANGES). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHAVANGES RP). [3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE CHAVANGES). [3]

1 × Hairdresser (BOUCLE D'ANGE). [3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1LA MEDIEVALEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1SUPERETTE DE CHAVANGESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1PIZZERIA LA MELYNAINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3BENOIT PINGRIS, MÉDECIN · MYLENE JACQUOT, MÉDECIN · LAURENCE COMPERAT, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE CHAVANGESINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1CHAVANGES RPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHEQUE CHAVANGESINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1BOUCLE D'ANGEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 818 2023: 567 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 623 (2012) → 567 (2023): -9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 728 (1990) → 567 (2023): -22.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 345, of which 7.2 % second homes and 15.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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 (Chavanges): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Chavanges): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

GP (Chavanges): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Chavanges): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Chavanges): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MATHAUX-ETAPE weather station, 18.7 km away at 145 m; the village itself is at 134 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at MATHAUX-ETAPE, 18.7 km away at 145 m, over 30 summers. [9]

An average of 797 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at ARREMBECOURT, 4.2 km away at 134 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10094/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10094/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10094/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10094/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 10094
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Combeaufontaine70132 km SE57153Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Damvillers55111 km NE61353.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Fénétrange57183 km E63952.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Sauzet46521 km SW53156Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %
Vailly-sur-Sauldre18185 km SW64948.2Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Amance70135 km SE66953.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Damvillers55111 km NE61353.9Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Combeaufontaine70132 km SE57153Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 51 % · humidity 93 %
Amance70135 km SE66953.4Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 54 % · humidity 100 %
Fénétrange57183 km E63952.2Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 93 %
Vailly-sur-Sauldre18185 km SW64948.2Partly servedWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 64 % · humidity 71 %
Sauzet46521 km SW53156Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 91 % · humidity 64 %

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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 Chavanges'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Sommières-du-Clain86403 km SW72957.3Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Dampierre-sur-Linotte70166 km SE75351.7Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Noroy-le-Bourg70163 km SE50649.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Sancergues18195 km SW62057.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Veaugues18194 km SW59341.4Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Essoyes1050 km S70866.9ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %