Chargé

Indre-et-Loire · CC du Val d'Amboise · INSEE 37060

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

Partly served 41.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 58 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chargé (INSEE 37060) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC du Val d'Amboise. Population 1,359 (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/37060-charge

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 58 % of the 12,310 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	0.51	20	10.26
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.48	10	4.75
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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 (SARL GINTO · L'ESSENTIEL). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (DAVID BERGERON, MÉDECIN · ADELAIDE DAUVILLIER, MÉDECIN · MARJORIE DUGAULT, MÉDECIN · CARINE SAILLARD-DE CAMPOS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL LEMETTRE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHARGE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE - ESPACE JULIA DAUDET). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL RESTAURANT CHATEAU DE PRAY). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Pharmacy. ^[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	2	SARL GINTO · L'ESSENTIEL	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE MAXIME LENOIR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	6	DAVID BERGERON, MÉDECIN · ADELAIDE DAUVILLIER, MÉDECIN · MARJORIE DUGAULT, MÉDECIN · CARINE SAILLARD-DE CAMPOS, MÉDECIN · JEAN-MICHEL LEMETTRE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 6 [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	CHARGE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE - ESPACE JULIA DAUDET	INSEE BPE 1 [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		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	HOTEL RESTAURANT CHATEAU DE PRAY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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

1968: 525 2023: 1,359 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,226 (2012) → 1,359 (2023): 10.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 862 (1990) → 1,359 (2023): 57.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 636, of which 4.1 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school, GP Bakery — 2.1 km SWFood shop — 3.0 km SWPharmacy — 3.2 km N 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 (Amboise): 2.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Amboise): 3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chargé): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Limeray): 3.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Chargé): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 17.3

Days at or below 0 °C 35.3

Muggy days a summer 3.4

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 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LIMERAY weather station, 3.5 km away at 113 m; the village itself is at 62 m. ^[11]

The village sits 51 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 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LIMERAY, 3.5 km away at 113 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 51 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 672 mm of rain a year, spread over 108 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LIMERAY, 3.5 km away at 113 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 — 37060/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37060/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37060/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37060/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37003
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37060
INSEE BPE 2025 — 37131
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
Montchevreuil	60	218 km N	1,326	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Cornier	74	428 km E	1,507	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Carreuc	22	300 km W	1,576	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance	22	256 km NW	1,625	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Bussac-Forêt	17	269 km SW	1,074	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Jans	44	200 km W	1,364	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Jans	44	200 km W	1,364	36.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 87 % · winter 97 %
Montchevreuil	60	218 km N	1,326	33.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Samson-sur-Rance	22	256 km NW	1,625	36.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 77 % · winter 96 %
Bussac-Forêt	17	269 km SW	1,074	39.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 74 % · winter 97 %
Saint-Carreuc	22	300 km W	1,576	33.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Cornier	74	428 km E	1,507	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 50 % · humidity 79 %

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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 Chargé'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
Dammarie	28	107 km N	1,505	33.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Bailleau-l'Évêque	28	121 km N	1,175	38.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Romain-d'Ay	07	376 km SE	1,164	33.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Priest-sous-Aixe	87	180 km S	1,743	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Jumièges	76	223 km N	1,761	48.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Celle-Lévescault	86	129 km SW	1,383	45.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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