Chavanat
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 6 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chavanat (INSEE 23060) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Creuse Sud Ouest. Population 137 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 6 % of the 13,366 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 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.45 | 10 | 4.51 |
| Housing mix | 0.29 | 5 | 1.44 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, 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) | 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] | |
| 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 127 (2012) → 137 (2023): 7.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 144 (1990) → 137 (2023): -4.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 132, of which 35.6 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Fransèches): 9.5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 4.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Georges-la-Pouge): 4.3 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Le Monteil-au-Vicomte): 3.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 96 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the VALLIERES weather station, 7 km away at 560 m; the village itself is at 552 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 16.3 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. [11]
That station sits 92 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 1,162 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 8.2 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at VALLIERES, 7 km away at 560 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 — 23060/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23060/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23060/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23060/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23086
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23197
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23134
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagnac-d'Auberoche | 24 | 116 km SW | 137 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 15 % · humidity 79 % |
| Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest | 87 | 35 km SW | 137 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| Fournaudin | 89 | 275 km NE | 136 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 35 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ginouillac | 46 | 141 km S | 139 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Gourson | 16 | 127 km W | 133 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Badailhac | 15 | 126 km SE | 129 | 7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne-Saint-Priest | 87 | 35 km SW | 137 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 23 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montagnac-d'Auberoche | 24 | 116 km SW | 137 | 10.3 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 15 % · humidity 79 % |
| Badailhac | 15 | 126 km SE | 129 | 7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Gourson | 16 | 127 km W | 133 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 38 % · humidity 79 % |
| Ginouillac | 46 | 141 km S | 139 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 34 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fournaudin | 89 | 275 km NE | 136 | 7.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 35 % · 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 Chavanat'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-du-Bois | 70 | 387 km NE | 115 | 6.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lorcières | 15 | 151 km SE | 162 | 2.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bussières | 63 | 53 km E | 109 | 5.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Anglure-sous-Dun | 71 | 187 km E | 143 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Surjoux-Lhopital | 01 | 295 km E | 138 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Égliseneuve-des-Liards | 63 | 121 km E | 157 | 11.6 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
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