Chabris

Indre · CC Chabris - Pays de Bazelle · INSEE 36034

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Served 60.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chabris (INSEE 36034) is in Indre (36), part of CC Chabris - Pays de Bazelle. Population 2,740 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/36034-chabris

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 7,713 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	0.55	25	13.81
Social	0.75	20	14.97
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.51	10	5.13
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.53	10	5.25
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 3 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 3 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”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (AUX DELICES DE CAROLINE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (CHARCUTERIE DE LA LOIRE · LA BOUCHERIE CHABRIOTTE). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICERIE AL BARAKA · LE COMPTOIR DES SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

1 × Supermarket. ^[3,4]

4 × Restaurant (LE PECHEUR D'ETOILES · LA CHABRIOTTE · AL BARAKA · MILES SAMBATH). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LE VALIDE). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOL PRIM LES MARRONNIERS · ECOL PRIM LES SORBIERS). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LE CLOS DE LA GARENNE). ^[3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JEAN-JACQUES CARSUZAA, MÉDECIN · PERRINE ALLARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CAISSE D'EPARGNE). ^[3]

5 × Hairdresser (CELINE COIFFURE · EMMA'COIFF · COIFF'IN · ENERGIE TIFS). ^[3,4]

1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	AUX DELICES DE CAROLINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	CHARCUTERIE DE LA LOIRE · LA BOUCHERIE CHABRIOTTE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	2	L'EPICERIE AL BARAKA · LE COMPTOIR DES SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Supermarket	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	4	LE PECHEUR D'ETOILES · LA CHABRIOTTE · AL BARAKA · MILES SAMBATH	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LE VALIDE	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOL PRIM LES MARRONNIERS · ECOL PRIM LES SORBIERS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LE CLOS DE LA GARENNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	2	JEAN-JACQUES CARSUZAA, MÉDECIN · PERRINE ALLARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE	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	BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CAISSE D'EPARGNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	5	CELINE COIFFURE · EMMA'COIFF · COIFF'IN · ENERGIE TIFS	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Saturday de 7h à 13h Place Boivin. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 2,493 peak 2012: 2,759 2023: 2,740 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,759 (2012) → 2,740 (2023): -0.7 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 2,672 (1990) → 2,740 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,772, of which 7.8 % second homes and 14.8 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Chabris): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Chabris): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chabris): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Chabris): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chabris): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.1

Days at or below 0 °C 51

Muggy days a summer 2.7

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the POULAINES weather station, 8.5 km away at 109 m; the village itself is at 86 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LYE, 12 km away at 130 m, over 27 summers. ^[10]

An average of 697 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at CHABRIS, 4.3 km away at 91 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.chabris.fr/Le-marche.l.htm— “tous les samedis matins”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36034
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-Nazaire	66	521 km S	2,779	56.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %
Le Cheylard	07	337 km SE	2,803	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets	35	309 km NW	2,847	67.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Fraize	88	413 km E	2,843	59.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Thiviers	24	212 km S	2,876	60.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Bourg-Argental	42	312 km SE	2,886	67.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thiviers	24	212 km S	2,876	60.4	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jouan-des-Guérets	35	309 km NW	2,847	67.6	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 58 % · humidity 86 %
Bourg-Argental	42	312 km SE	2,886	67.3	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Le Cheylard	07	337 km SE	2,803	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fraize	88	413 km E	2,843	59.8	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 39 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Nazaire	66	521 km S	2,779	56.4	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Chabris'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
Le Cheylard	07	337 km SE	2,803	65.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Nontron	24	206 km S	3,057	50.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yorre	03	191 km SE	2,641	53.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Valençay	36	12 km SW	2,228	59	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Chablis	89	173 km E	2,139	63.5	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
La Châtre	36	79 km S	4,037	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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