Chives

Charente-Maritime · CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté · INSEE 17105

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

No daily shops 13.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 19 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chives (INSEE 17105) is in Charente-Maritime (17), part of CC Vals de Saintonge Communauté. Population 317 (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/17105-chives

Vitality score

Vitality score 13.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 19 % of the 17,936 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.25	10	2.48
Housing mix	0.47	5	2.35

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 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 food shop, but no school and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LOUINEAU	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	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	CHIVES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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: 502 2023: 317 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 360 (2012) → 317 (2023): -11.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 424 (1990) → 317 (2023): -25.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 268, of which 26.5 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Bakery — 4.1 km SEGP — 5.1 km NEPharmacy — 5.1 km NEPrimary school — 5.2 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 (Lupsault): 4.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chives): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Couture-d'Argenson): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Couture-d'Argenson): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Couture-d'Argenson): 5.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.2

Days at or below 0 °C 44.3

Muggy days a summer 5

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the VILLIERS_SAPC weather station, 4.1 km away at 106 m; the village itself is at 96 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 5 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LES-TOUCHES, 9.4 km away at 52 m, over 11 summers. ^[11]

An average of 912 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at VILLIERS_SAPC, 4.1 km away at 106 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 — 17105/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17105/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17105/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 17105/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 16194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 17105
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79106
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
Gigny	39	433 km E	264	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %
Rocher	07	378 km E	306	12.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Le Chalard	87	108 km SE	302	13.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel	24	162 km SE	293	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Belleroche	42	351 km E	313	14.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Brieulles-sur-Meuse	55	547 km NE	318	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Chalard	87	108 km SE	302	13.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Vincent-le-Paluel	24	162 km SE	293	20.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Belleroche	42	351 km E	313	14.1	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 35 % · humidity 64 %
Rocher	07	378 km E	306	12.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Gigny	39	433 km E	264	17.6	No daily shops	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %
Brieulles-sur-Meuse	55	547 km NE	318	17.7	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 64 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Chives'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
Paizay-Naudouin-Embourie	16	13 km NE	337	19.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Loiré-sur-Nie	17	12 km W	283	9.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Vouharte	16	22 km SE	300	10.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Moulismes	86	83 km NE	358	25.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Maisonneuve	86	86 km N	319	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Lerné	37	133 km N	351	13	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

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