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Chamblac

Eure · CC Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie · INSEE 27138

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

No daily shops 18/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 32 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chamblac (INSEE 27138) is in Eure (27), part of CC Intercom Bernay Terres de Normandie. Population 353 (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/27138-chamblac

Vitality score

Vitality score 18/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 32 % of the 18,024 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.32206.32
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.55105.51
Housing mix0.6953.46

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 of 3
Lodging 0 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”.

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

1 × Restaurant (SF CONTAINERS). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1SF CONTAINERSINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 342 peak 2012: 392 2023: 353 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 392 (2012) → 353 (2023): -9.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 336 (1990) → 353 (2023): 5.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 221, of which 15.4 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 1.7 km NW (Broglie)Pharmacy — 2.6 km NW (Broglie)GP — 2.7 km NW (Broglie)Primary school — 2.9 km N (Broglie)Food shop — 7.1 km SW (Montreuil-l'Argillé)
Bakery — 1.7 km NWPharmacy — 2.6 km NWGP — 2.7 km NWPrimary school — 2.9 km NFood shop — 7.1 km SW 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 (Broglie): 1.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Montreuil-l'Argillé): 7.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Broglie): 2.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Broglie): 2.6 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Broglie): 2.9 km to the north (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the BERNAY weather station, 12.7 km away at 166 m; the village itself is at 195 m. [10]

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

Humidity measured at BERNAY, 12.7 km away at 166 m, over 21 summers. [10]

An average of 750 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at GISAY-LA-COUDRE, 6.6 km away at 185 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27138/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27138/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27138/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 27138/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27117
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 27414
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Champniers86308 km S35816.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Canihuel22278 km W35015.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Bio46477 km S35023Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech24478 km S34617.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets6198 km W32218.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Monteton47486 km S32324.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets6198 km W32218.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Canihuel22278 km W35015.2No daily shopsSimilar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Champniers86308 km S35816.2No daily shopsWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bio46477 km S35023Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-de-Cadelech24478 km S34617.4No daily shopsWarmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Monteton47486 km S32324.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 85 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Chamblac'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets6198 km W32218.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jouin-de-Blavou6160 km S31117.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Fierville-les-Mines50167 km W34824.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Castillon14101 km W36824.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Victor-d'Épine2725 km N33518.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Evroult-de-Montfort6126 km SW37025.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %