Chançay

Indre-et-Loire · CC Touraine-Est Vallées · INSEE 37052

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

Few services 27.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 20 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chançay (INSEE 37052) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Touraine-Est Vallées. Population 1,122 (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/37052-chancay

Vitality score

Vitality score 27.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 13,656 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	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.76	10	7.55
Housing mix	0.91	5	4.55

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

2 × Restaurant (2 MOIZ'ELLES · LEELAO SERVICE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), 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)	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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	2	2 MOIZ'ELLES · LEELAO SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PIERRE HALET	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	LA POSTE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 579 peak 2017: 1,137 2023: 1,122 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,126 (2012) → 1,122 (2023): -0.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 894 (1990) → 1,122 (2023): 25.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 553, of which 4.5 % second homes and 9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.6 km NFood shop — 3.6 km NGP — 4.1 km SWPharmacy — 4.2 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 (Reugny): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Reugny): 3.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Vernou-sur-Brenne): 4.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Vernou-sur-Brenne): 4.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chançay): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.4

Days at or below 0 °C 33.6

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 34 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AMBOISE - LYCEE weather station, 10.1 km away at 116 m; the village itself is at 61 m. ^[11]

The village sits 55 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 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AMBOISE - LYCEE, 10.1 km away at 116 m, over 27 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 55 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 727 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 6.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at REUGNY, 2.2 km away at 104 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 — 37052/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37052/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37052/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37052/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37194
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37270
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37052
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
Catenoy	60	245 km NE	1,125	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Biaudos	40	466 km S	1,041	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 0 %
Vaumoise	60	252 km NE	998	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Villemaréchal	77	174 km NE	1,055	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Lugos	33	357 km SW	1,208	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
La Magdelaine-sur-Tarn	31	408 km S	1,254	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 76 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Villemaréchal	77	174 km NE	1,055	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Catenoy	60	245 km NE	1,125	25.6	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Vaumoise	60	252 km NE	998	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 80 %
Lugos	33	357 km SW	1,208	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 96 % · humidity 71 %
La Magdelaine-sur-Tarn	31	408 km S	1,254	30.6	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 28 % · winter 76 %
Biaudos	40	466 km S	1,041	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · 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 Chançay'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
Saint-Lubin-de-la-Haye	28	161 km N	937	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Trans-sur-Erdre	44	169 km W	1,156	28.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Château-Larcher	86	123 km S	1,034	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Tresbœuf	35	188 km W	1,234	27.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Chaillac-sur-Vienne	87	175 km S	1,250	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Maxe	57	437 km NE	1,056	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

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