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Chambord

Loir-et-Cher · CC du Grand Chambord · INSEE 41034

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

Few services 23.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 91 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chambord (INSEE 41034) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC du Grand Chambord. Population 102 (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/41034-chambord

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 91 % of the 10,792 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.792015.82
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.01100.1
Housing mix0.8354.13

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 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 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”.

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

3 × Restaurant (BAR-GRILL JEANNOT · LA CAVE DES ROIS · MONUMENT CAFE CHAMBORD). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE MONA LISA). [4]

1 × Hotel (RELAIS DE CHAMBORD). [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant3BAR-GRILL JEANNOT · LA CAVE DES ROIS · MONUMENT CAFE CHAMBORDINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar1CAFE MONA LISAINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel1RELAIS DE CHAMBORDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 267 2023: 102 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 120 (2012) → 102 (2023): -15 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 200 (1990) → 102 (2023): -49 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 69, of which 8.7 % second homes and 15.9 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.2 km NW (Maslives)Primary school — 3.2 km NW (Maslives)Food shop — 3.7 km SW (Huisseau-sur-Cosson)Pharmacy — 5.3 km SW (Huisseau-sur-Cosson)GP — 5.4 km SW (Huisseau-sur-Cosson)
Bakery — 3.2 km NWPrimary school — 3.2 km NWFood shop — 3.7 km SWPharmacy — 5.3 km SWGP — 5.4 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 (Maslives): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Huisseau-sur-Cosson): 3.7 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

GP (Huisseau-sur-Cosson): 5.4 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Huisseau-sur-Cosson): 5.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Maslives): 3.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 56 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the CHEVERNY weather station, 13.6 km away at 99 m; the village itself is at 79 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at MONTRIEUX, 18.3 km away at 96 m, over 18 summers. [10]

An average of 699 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CHEVERNY, 13.6 km away at 99 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41034/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41034/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41034/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41034/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41129
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 41104
  10. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Chatenay-Mâcheron52292 km E9725.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Rugney88362 km E13027.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Perrigny-sur-Armançon89204 km E12327.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Rouy-le-Petit80262 km NE10117.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Maulan55301 km NE10719.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Duranville27186 km NW14030.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Duranville27186 km NW14030.2Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Perrigny-sur-Armançon89204 km E12327.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Rouy-le-Petit80262 km NE10117.6No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Chatenay-Mâcheron52292 km E9725.2Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Maulan55301 km NE10719.5No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Rugney88362 km E13027.2Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Chambord'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Isle-sur-Marne51262 km NE9623.4Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Pareid55352 km NE11020.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
La Loge-aux-Chèvres10228 km E9422.5Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Boureuilles55314 km NE11818No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Rhodon4124 km NW11323.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Légéville-et-Bonfays88351 km E6625.7Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %