Chinon
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 71.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 98 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chinon (INSEE 37072) is in Indre-et-Loire (37), part of CC Chinon, Vienne et Loire. Population 8,144 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). [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/37072-chinon
Vitality score
Vitality score 71.9/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 98 % of the 2,978 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 | 0.68 | 25 | 17.05 |
| Social | 1 | 20 | 19.91 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.74 | 10 | 7.44 |
| Public & culture | 0.31 | 5 | 1.54 |
| Population trend | 0.44 | 10 | 4.44 |
| Housing mix | 0.89 | 5 | 4.44 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
7 × Bakery (boulangerie) (PATISSERIE AYROLE · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · AUX PLAISIRS DE CHINON · LE PETRIN SAINT-LAZARE · BOULANGERIE MERCIER). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (SARL GUILLAUME MARTIN · L'ART DE VIVRE BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (TERRE Y FRUIT CHINON · OLA MARKET · TS MULTISERVICES). [3,4]
7 × Supermarket (E. LECLERC · S.A. SAINT LAZARE · SUPERMARCHE CARREFOUR-CITY · ALDI · ALDI MARCHE). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LA MAREE). [3,4]
39 × Restaurant (LA TABLE DE JEANNE · L'ARDOISE · APLH · YOUYOU · LA PAUSE GOURMANDE). [3,4]
19 × Café / bar (LA PLACE · LE MIRABEAU · LE SUCRE SALE · L'ANNONIN · BISTROT DE LA PLACE). [4]
2 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CLAUDE MONNET · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE J.PREVERT). [3]
4 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MIRABEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE MATERNELLE ET PRIMAIRE ST JOSEPH). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE JEAN ZAY · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH). [3]
13 × GP (médecin généraliste) (BERTILLE DIEN-BERGEARD, MÉDECIN · HALA AKKAWI, MÉDECIN · ELISABETH NAUD, MÉDECIN · AMELIE GUITON, MÉDECIN · SIMON LAMBLIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
3 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE RIVE GAUCHE · SELARL PHARMACIE DES HUCHEROLLES). [3,4]
2 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CHINON LE PATIO). [3]
1 × Cinema (LE RABELAIS). [3]
5 × Gym / sports hall (ENSEMBLE SPORTIF FAUBOURG SAINT JACQUES · GYMNASE JEAN ZAY · ITEP · ENTRE DE SECOURS PRINCIPAL DE CHINON · GYMNASE MORON). [3]
10 × Bank (CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHINON · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE DE CHINON) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU). [3]
14 × Hairdresser (CARPY COIFFEUR · BRUN WILFRID · L'ESSENTIEL · AIR). [3,4]
3 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
8 × Hotel (HOTEL DE LA BOULE D'OR · HOTEL IBIS STYLES CHINON · HOTEL DE LA TREILLE · HOTEL AU SANS SOUCI · AUBERGE DES ROIS). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (HOTELLERIE DE PLEIN AIR). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 2 × Hairdresser, 4 × Hotel.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 7 | PATISSERIE AYROLE · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE · AUX PLAISIRS DE CHINON · LE PETRIN SAINT-LAZARE · BOULANGERIE MERCIER | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | SARL GUILLAUME MARTIN · L'ART DE VIVRE BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE TRAITEUR | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | TERRE Y FRUIT CHINON · OLA MARKET · TS MULTISERVICES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 7 | E. LECLERC · S.A. SAINT LAZARE · SUPERMARCHE CARREFOUR-CITY · ALDI · ALDI MARCHE | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LA MAREE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 39 | LA TABLE DE JEANNE · L'ARDOISE · APLH · YOUYOU · LA PAUSE GOURMANDE | INSEE BPE 39 / INSEE SIRENE 54 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 19 | LA PLACE · LE MIRABEAU · LE SUCRE SALE · L'ANNONIN · BISTROT DE LA PLACE | INSEE SIRENE 19 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 2 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CLAUDE MONNET · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE J.PREVERT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 4 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JEAN JAURES · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE MIRABEAU · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE JACQUES PREVERT · ECOLE MATERNELLE ET PRIMAIRE ST JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE JEAN ZAY · COLLEGE PRIVE SAINT JOSEPH | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 13 | BERTILLE DIEN-BERGEARD, MÉDECIN · HALA AKKAWI, MÉDECIN · ELISABETH NAUD, MÉDECIN · AMELIE GUITON, MÉDECIN · SIMON LAMBLIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 13 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 3 | PHARMACIE DU CENTRE · PHARMACIE RIVE GAUCHE · SELARL PHARMACIE DES HUCHEROLLES | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 2 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CHINON LE PATIO | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LE RABELAIS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 5 | ENSEMBLE SPORTIF FAUBOURG SAINT JACQUES · GYMNASE JEAN ZAY · ITEP · ENTRE DE SECOURS PRINCIPAL DE CHINON · GYMNASE MORON | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 10 | CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DU CENTRE · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUTUEL DE CHINON · CAISSE DE CREDIT MUT AGRIC DU CTRE · CAISSE D'EPARGNE (AGENCE DE CHINON) · CAISSE REG CRED AGRIC MUT TOURAIN POITOU | INSEE BPE 10 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 14 | CARPY COIFFEUR · BRUN WILFRID · L'ESSENTIEL · AIR | INSEE BPE 14 / INSEE SIRENE 16 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 3 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 8 | HOTEL DE LA BOULE D'OR · HOTEL IBIS STYLES CHINON · HOTEL DE LA TREILLE · HOTEL AU SANS SOUCI · AUBERGE DES ROIS | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 10 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | HOTELLERIE DE PLEIN AIR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 7,928 (2012) → 8,144 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 8,627 (1990) → 8,144 (2023): -5.6 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 5,151, of which 5.6 % second homes and 16.5 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Chinon): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Chinon): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Chinon): 0 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Chinon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chinon): 0.3 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 35 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CHINON - VITI weather station, 2 km away at 76 m; the village itself is at 35 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at CHINON - VITI, 2 km away at 76 m, over 25 summers. [9]
An average of 669 mm of rain a year, spread over 109 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CHINON - VITI, 2 km away at 76 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
What property sold for
558 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 161,150 € — 1,500 € per m² of built surface. [10]
187 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 82,000 € — 1,530 € per m². [10]
The median across Indre-et-Loire is 1,846 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [10]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37072/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37072/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37072/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 37072/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 37072
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaugency | 45 | 125 km NE | 8,024 | 65.7 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 59 % |
| Le Malesherbois | 45 | 206 km NE | 8,016 | 60 | Served | no figures |
| Sisteron | 04 | 553 km SE | 7,850 | 75.2 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 15 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 40 | 408 km S | 8,014 | 71.8 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 % |
| Puget-sur-Argens | 83 | 651 km SE | 8,602 | 65.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 % |
| Bellegarde | 30 | 505 km SE | 8,035 | 67.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaugency | 45 | 125 km NE | 8,024 | 65.7 | Served | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 100 % · winter 59 % |
| Le Malesherbois | 45 | 206 km NE | 8,016 | 60 | Served | no figures |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Tyrosse | 40 | 408 km S | 8,014 | 71.8 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 0 % |
| Bellegarde | 30 | 505 km SE | 8,035 | 67.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 18 % · winter 77 % · humidity 57 % |
| Sisteron | 04 | 553 km SE | 7,850 | 75.2 | Served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 15 % · humidity 71 % |
| Puget-sur-Argens | 83 | 651 km SE | 8,602 | 65.7 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 66 % · humidity 7 % |
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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 Chinon'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monts | 37 | 33 km E | 8,080 | 47.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Verrières-en-Anjou | 49 | 67 km NW | 8,116 | 66.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 % |
| Jaunay-Marigny | 86 | 55 km S | 7,528 | 60.5 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély | 17 | 148 km SW | 6,784 | 70.2 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Loudun | 86 | 21 km SW | 6,839 | 64.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Foix | 09 | 479 km S | 9,934 | 75.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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