Chaon

Loir-et-Cher · CC Coeur de Sologne · INSEE 41036

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 41.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chaon (INSEE 41036) is in Loir-et-Cher (41), part of CC Coeur de Sologne. Population 435 (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/41036-chaon

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 17,955 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.67	10	6.69
Housing mix	0.51	5	2.56

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (GARCIA MARIE-CATHERINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LA GUITOUNE DES SOLOGNOTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE CHAON). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	GARCIA MARIE-CATHERINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LA GUITOUNE DES SOLOGNOTS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	CHAON AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE CHAON	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / 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: 310 peak 2012: 467 2023: 435 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 467 (2012) → 435 (2023): -6.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 372 (1990) → 435 (2023): 16.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 328, of which 24.4 % second homes and 13.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km WPharmacy — 7.8 km SEGP — 7.9 km SE 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 (Chaon): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chaon): 0.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Brinon-sur-Sauldre): 7.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Brinon-sur-Sauldre): 7.8 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Chaon): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 58.6

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LAMOTTE-BEUVRON weather station, 12.3 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 124 m. ^[10]

An average of 781 mm of rain a year, spread over 121 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LAMOTTE-BEUVRON, 12.3 km away at 117 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41036/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41036/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41036/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 41036/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 41036
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18037
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
Le Caylar	34	426 km S	460	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %
Campagnac	12	362 km S	431	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 84 %
Montaignac-sur-Doustre	19	251 km S	633	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Souvigny-en-Sologne	41	4.0 km N	495	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Propières	69	233 km SE	484	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 77 %
Landreville	10	179 km E	395	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Souvigny-en-Sologne	41	4.0 km N	495	54.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.summer 100 % · winter 100 %
Landreville	10	179 km E	395	31.3	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 77 %
Propières	69	233 km SE	484	50	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 74 % · winter 77 %
Montaignac-sur-Doustre	19	251 km S	633	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 72 % · winter 92 %
Campagnac	12	362 km S	431	36.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 84 %
Le Caylar	34	426 km S	460	57.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 88 %

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Elsewhere

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