Saint-Chabrais

Identity

Saint-Chabrais (INSEE 23185) is in Creuse (23), part of CC Marche et Combraille en Aquitaine. Population 317 (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/23185-saint-chabrais

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 49 % 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.

Services

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (POIVR'&SEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

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, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 320 (2012) → 317 (2023): -0.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 379 (1990) → 317 (2023): -16.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 263, of which 24.3 % second homes and 17.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chénérailles): 3.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chénérailles): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chénérailles): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chénérailles): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Saint-Chabrais): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

An average of 23 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 11 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SAINT-LOUP_SAPC weather station, 4.7 km away at 440 m; the village itself is at 443 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at AHUN LYCEE, 14.2 km away at 460 m, over 21 summers. ^[10]

An average of 960 mm of rain a year, spread over 138 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHENERAILLES, 2.8 km away at 510 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

35 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 81,000 € — 736 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Creuse is 707 € per m², so this commune sits about level with it. ^[11]

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

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23185/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23185/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23185/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 23185/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23061
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 23185
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025