Chénérailles
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 61.4/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chénérailles (INSEE 23061) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 728 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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/23061-chenerailles
Vitality score
Vitality score 61.4/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 98 % of the 16,213 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 | 0.63 | 25 | 15.8 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.42 | 10 | 4.17 |
| Housing mix | 0.76 | 5 | 3.81 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE J ET F TUTON). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (NORRE ROCH). [3]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ANA DISTRIBUTION). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (CAMPING DE LA FORET). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (AU BON ACCUEIL). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Collège (COLLEGE SIMONE VEIL). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ADELINA GHEORGHIES, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LAVAL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHÉNÉRAILLES). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES). [3]
1 × Swimming pool (GRAND ETANG). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (STYLE COIFFURE · JUST'COIFF · BELLE-CHEZ-SOI). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE LA FORET). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | BOULANGERIE J ET F TUTON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | NORRE ROCH | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | ANA DISTRIBUTION | 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 | 1 | CAMPING DE LA FORET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | AU BON ACCUEIL | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 1 | COLLEGE SIMONE VEIL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | ADELINA GHEORGHIES, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE LAVAL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHÉNÉRAILLES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | INSTALLATIONS SPORTIVES | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 1 | GRAND ETANG | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | STYLE COIFFURE · JUST'COIFF · BELLE-CHEZ-SOI | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE LA FORET | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 765 (2012) → 728 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 794 (1990) → 728 (2023): -8.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 562, of which 11.9 % second homes and 18.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chénérailles): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chénérailles): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
GP (Chénérailles): 0.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chénérailles): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chénérailles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 64 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the SAINT-LOUP_SAPC weather station, 7.5 km away at 440 m; the village itself is at 520 m. [9]
The village sits 80 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 11.4 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. [9]
That station sits 60 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CHENERAILLES, 0.3 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
74 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 45,000 € — 425 € per m² of built surface. [10]
The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23061/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23061/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23061/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23061/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23061
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neussargues-Moissac | 15 | 126 km SE | 824 | 67.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 300 km NW | 659 | 78.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Neuve-Lyre | 27 | 329 km N | 511 | 64.4 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 100 % |
| Sains-Richaumont | 02 | 428 km N | 923 | 65.3 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Geaune | 40 | 341 km SW | 767 | 65.7 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 7 % |
| Maury | 66 | 369 km S | 773 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 30 % · humidity 50 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neussargues-Moissac | 15 | 126 km SE | 824 | 67.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Mêle-sur-Sarthe | 61 | 300 km NW | 659 | 78.6 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 76 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Neuve-Lyre | 27 | 329 km N | 511 | 64.4 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 79 % · winter 100 % |
| Geaune | 40 | 341 km SW | 767 | 65.7 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 7 % |
| Maury | 66 | 369 km S | 773 | 55.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 30 % · humidity 50 % |
| Sains-Richaumont | 02 | 428 km N | 923 | 65.3 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Chénérailles'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerisiers | 89 | 245 km NE | 988 | 63.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dhuizon | 41 | 169 km N | 1,195 | 49.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ury | 77 | 250 km N | 882 | 60.9 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Villefagnan | 16 | 162 km W | 972 | 66.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
| Fontaine-Française | 21 | 290 km NE | 911 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Meursault | 21 | 220 km NE | 1,363 | 59.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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