Chalais

Dordogne · CC Périgord-Limousin · INSEE 24095

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

Few services 26.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 56 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chalais (INSEE 24095) is in Dordogne (24), part of CC Périgord-Limousin. Population 405 (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/24095-chalais

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 56 % of the 18,030 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.45	10	4.53
Housing mix	0.72	5	3.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (THE FIDDLERS REST). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHALAIS MAIRIE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (CHATEAU DE MAVALEIX). ^[3,4]

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. ^[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	1	THE FIDDLERS REST	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHALAIS MAIRIE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	CHATEAU DE MAVALEIX	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 513 2023: 405 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 393 (2012) → 405 (2023): 3.1 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 425 (1990) → 405 (2023): -4.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 277, of which 14.1 % second homes and 12.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km SWFood shop — 2.5 km SWPharmacy — 5.3 km NEGP — 5.8 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 (Saint-Jory-de-Chalais): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Jory-de-Chalais): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (La Coquille): 5.8 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Coquille): 5.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chalais): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 16.7

Days at or below 0 °C 38.1

Muggy days a summer 1.8

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LA COQUILLE weather station, 5.9 km away at 324 m; the village itself is at 280 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ST MARTIN DE FRESSENGEAS, 7.2 km away at 277 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,162 mm of rain a year, spread over 139 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LA COQUILLE, 5.9 km away at 324 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 — 24095/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24095/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24095/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 24095/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24428
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24133
INSEE BPE 2025 — 24095
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
Perpezat	63	145 km E	420	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Lorlanges	43	184 km E	425	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Almont-les-Junies	12	148 km SE	437	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Quézac	15	130 km SE	344	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Baladou	46	82 km SE	396	30	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 65 %
Trézioux	63	199 km E	502	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Baladou	46	82 km SE	396	30	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 44 % · winter 65 %
Quézac	15	130 km SE	344	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Perpezat	63	145 km E	420	27.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 45 % · humidity 86 %
Almont-les-Junies	12	148 km SE	437	26.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 95 % · winter 77 %
Lorlanges	43	184 km E	425	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Trézioux	63	199 km E	502	35.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 69 % · 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 Chalais'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
Lorlanges	43	184 km E	425	33	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Quézac	15	130 km SE	344	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-de-Frugie	24	9.1 km NE	520	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Sylvestre	07	305 km E	513	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Tranzault	36	144 km NE	349	25.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Berfay	72	277 km N	333	25.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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