Chambon

Charente-Maritime · CC Aunis Sud · INSEE 17080

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

Few services 33.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chambon (INSEE 17080) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Aunis Sud. Population 983 (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/17080-chambon

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 14,416 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.85	10	8.47
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.45

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (EVELYNE'S BURGERS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE CHAMBON). ^[3]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[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	1	EVELYNE'S BURGERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE DE CHAMBON	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	1	CHAMBON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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 [3,4]
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: 566 2023: 983 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 891 (2012) → 983 (2023): 10.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 730 (1990) → 983 (2023): 34.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 458, of which 5.5 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school GP — 5.2 km SEPharmacy — 5.2 km SEFood shop — 5.3 km NEBakery — 5.4 km NE 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 (Vouhé): 5.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Vouhé): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Pierre-La-Noue): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Pierre-La-Noue): 5.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chambon): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.7

Days at or below 0 °C 46.8

Muggy days a summer 6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURGERES weather station, 8.2 km away at 25 m; the village itself is at 24 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST-LAURENT PREE-INRAE, 19.6 km away at 3 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 813 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SURGERES, 8.2 km away at 25 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 — 17080/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17080/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17080/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17080/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17482
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17340
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17080
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
Sailly-Flibeaucourt	80	493 km N	991	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · humidity 64 %
Conilhac-Corbières	11	430 km SE	954	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizon	43	384 km E	931	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %
Espinasse-Vozelle	03	321 km E	995	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Longes	69	434 km E	938	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Orthevielle	40	285 km S	1,073	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Orthevielle	40	285 km S	1,073	27.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 %
Espinasse-Vozelle	03	321 km E	995	36.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 64 % · humidity 64 %
Saint-Christophe-sur-Dolaizon	43	384 km E	931	29.9	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 74 % · winter 28 % · humidity 57 %
Conilhac-Corbières	11	430 km SE	954	35.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 58 % · humidity 57 %
Longes	69	434 km E	938	38.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 97 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 %
Sailly-Flibeaucourt	80	493 km N	991	32.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 86 % · 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 Chambon'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
Genouillé	17	11 km SE	872	35.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Montaut-les-Créneaux	32	293 km SE	697	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Charnay	69	426 km E	1,023	34.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Chiré-en-Montreuil	86	95 km NE	922	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Labarthe-Inard	31	359 km S	871	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Pointis-de-Rivière	31	355 km S	825	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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