Chéniers
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 42.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 86 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chéniers (INSEE 23062) is in Creuse (23), part of CC du Pays Dunois. Population 554 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/23062-cheniers
Vitality score
Vitality score 42.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 86 % of the 17,489 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 | 0.42 | 25 | 10.54 |
| Social | 0.49 | 20 | 9.82 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.38 | 10 | 3.78 |
| Housing mix | 0.56 | 5 | 2.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (AUBERGE LA CHAUMIERE · CHEZ TONTON · FOUS DE COCHONS · LA CHILINGUITA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (CHENIERS AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHÉNIERS AGENCE POSTALE). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (CAPILL'HAIR). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL MOULIN DE PIOT). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), 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) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 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 | 4 | AUBERGE LA CHAUMIERE · CHEZ TONTON · FOUS DE COCHONS · LA CHILINGUITA | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | 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 | CHENIERS AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHÉNIERS AGENCE POSTALE | 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 | 1 | CAPILL'HAIR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL MOULIN DE PIOT | 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 562 (2012) → 554 (2023): -1.4 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 631 (1990) → 554 (2023): -12.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 495, of which 22.2 % second homes and 19.4 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bonnat): 6.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Bonnat): 6.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (La Celle-Dunoise): 6.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bonnat): 7.4 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chéniers): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 46 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BONNAT weather station, 7.8 km away at 382 m; the village itself is at 273 m. [11]
The village sits 109 m below 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. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at GENOUILLAC, 12 km away at 306 m, over 21 summers. [11]
An average of 906 mm of rain a year, spread over 132 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BONNAT, 7.8 km away at 382 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 — 23062/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23062/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23062/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23062/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23025
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23039
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 23062
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley | 50 | 318 km NW | 515 | 41.3 | Partly served | no figures |
| Talizat | 15 | 167 km SE | 592 | 40.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze | 07 | 269 km SE | 470 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vicq-sur-Gartempe | 86 | 85 km NW | 658 | 40.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Jory-de-Chalais | 24 | 119 km SW | 544 | 40 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Romieu | 32 | 283 km S | 540 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicq-sur-Gartempe | 86 | 85 km NW | 658 | 40.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Jory-de-Chalais | 24 | 119 km SW | 544 | 40 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Talizat | 15 | 167 km SE | 592 | 40.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 18 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze | 07 | 269 km SE | 470 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Romieu | 32 | 283 km S | 540 | 50.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 77 % · winter 77 % · humidity 29 % |
| Saint-Georges-de-Rouelley | 50 | 318 km NW | 515 | 41.3 | Partly served | no figures |
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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 Chéniers'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilhoc-sur-Ormèze | 07 | 269 km SE | 470 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Jory-de-Chalais | 24 | 119 km SW | 544 | 40 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Crevant | 36 | 18 km NE | 705 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sornin-Leulac | 87 | 44 km W | 564 | 47.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Pouligny-Notre-Dame | 36 | 20 km NE | 639 | 36.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lussac-les-Églises | 87 | 50 km W | 462 | 39.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
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