Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Few services 33.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet (INSEE 36161) is in Indre (36), part of CC Éguzon - Argenton - Vallée de la Creuse. Population 917 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [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/36161-le-pont-chretien-chabenet
Vitality score
Vitality score 33.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 46 % of the 14,866 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| 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 | 0.54 | 10 | 5.43 |
| Housing mix | 0.65 | 5 | 3.24 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (OH P'TIT PAIN). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (PIZZA'LA). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE JOSEPHINE BAKER). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LE PONT CHRETIEN CHABENET RP). [3]
1 × Hairdresser (ORIGIN'HAIR COIFFURE). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | OH P'TIT PAIN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | PIZZA'LA | 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 JOSEPHINE BAKER | 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 | 1 | LE PONT CHRETIEN CHABENET RP | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 1 | ORIGIN'HAIR COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 928 (2012) → 917 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 879 (1990) → 917 (2023): 4.3 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 590, of which 17.6 % second homes and 10 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Marcel): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Gaultier): 4.8 km to the west (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (Saint-Marcel): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet): 0.8 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the ARGENTON weather station, 6.4 km away at 178 m; the village itself is at 117 m. [11]
The village sits 61 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at ARGENTON, 6.4 km away at 178 m, over 14 summers. [11]
That station sits 61 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 825 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at ST-GAULTIER, 3.8 km away at 96 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 — 36161/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36161/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36161/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 36161/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36161
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36200
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 36192
- 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-Hilaire-les-Places | 87 | 112 km S | 839 | 36.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auzits | 12 | 245 km S | 824 | 36.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Parc | 50 | 315 km NW | 921 | 36 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
| Douzillac | 24 | 190 km SW | 845 | 37.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Martial-d'Artenset | 24 | 205 km SW | 943 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 % |
| Moulin-Neuf | 24 | 211 km SW | 986 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hilaire-les-Places | 87 | 112 km S | 839 | 36.7 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Douzillac | 24 | 190 km SW | 845 | 37.5 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 77 % · humidity 43 % |
| Saint-Martial-d'Artenset | 24 | 205 km SW | 943 | 38.2 | Few services | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 95 % · humidity 43 % |
| Moulin-Neuf | 24 | 211 km SW | 986 | 43.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 36 % |
| Auzits | 12 | 245 km S | 824 | 36.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Parc | 50 | 315 km NW | 921 | 36 | Few services | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 % |
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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 Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Négrondes | 24 | 150 km S | 778 | 38.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Cravant-les-Côteaux | 37 | 104 km NW | 699 | 32.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Chamboret | 87 | 74 km S | 782 | 40.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 % |
| Livry | 58 | 123 km E | 643 | 37.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 % |
| Alteckendorf | 67 | 517 km NE | 857 | 37.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Valherbasse | 26 | 323 km SE | 1,005 | 32.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
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