Chavin

Indre · CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse · INSEE 36048

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

No daily shops 16.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 36 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chavin (INSEE 36048) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 270 (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/36048-chavin

Vitality score

Vitality score 16.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 36 % of the 17,588 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	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.44	10	4.38
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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”.

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LA GIRAUDE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 335 2023: 270 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 278 (2012) → 270 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 288 (1990) → 270 (2023): -6.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 187, of which 13.4 % second homes and 18.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.8 km SWFood shop — 2.9 km SWPharmacy — 6.3 km WGP — 7.3 km NW 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 (Badecon-le-Pin): 2.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Badecon-le-Pin): 2.9 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Argenton-sur-Creuse): 7.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Le Pêchereau): 6.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chavin): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 44.7

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARGENTON weather station, 8.4 km away at 178 m; the village itself is at 211 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARGENTON, 8.4 km away at 178 m, over 14 summers. ^[12]

An average of 812 mm of rain a year, spread over 123 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at CHAVIN, 1.6 km away at 233 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36048/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36048/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36048/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36048/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36158
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36006
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36154
INSEE BPE 2025 — 36048
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
Ratières	26	302 km SE	275	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Anan	31	362 km S	267	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Fouleix	24	190 km SW	277	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Avesnes-en-Val	76	374 km N	261	16.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %
Écorpain	72	169 km NW	296	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Luzé	37	102 km NW	276	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Luzé	37	102 km NW	276	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Écorpain	72	169 km NW	296	17	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Fouleix	24	190 km SW	277	23.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 80 % · humidity 71 %
Ratières	26	302 km SE	275	21.7	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Anan	31	362 km S	267	18.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 67 % · winter 93 %
Avesnes-en-Val	76	374 km N	261	16.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 91 %

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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 Chavin'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
Luzé	37	102 km NW	276	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Varennes	37	77 km NW	250	20	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Le Chautay	18	113 km NE	256	17.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Meillard	03	126 km E	303	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Villeneuve-les-Genêts	89	172 km NE	312	21.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Villegouin	36	48 km N	325	15.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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