Les Choux

Loiret · CC Giennoises · INSEE 45096

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

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Choux (INSEE 45096) is in Loiret (45), part of CC Giennoises. Population 530 (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/45096-les-choux

Vitality score

Vitality score 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,639 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.91	10	9.06
Housing mix	0.75	5	3.74

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 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 1 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]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE FERDINAND GILSON). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (ZONE SPORTIVE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 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)	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	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 ELEMENTAIRE FERDINAND GILSON	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	LES CHOUX AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	ZONE SPORTIVE	INSEE BPE 1 [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 564 2023: 530 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 472 (2012) → 530 (2023): 12.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 377 (1990) → 530 (2023): 40.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 293, of which 12.6 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 7.3 km NEPharmacy — 7.4 km NEGP — 7.6 km NFood shop — 7.8 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 (Nogent-sur-Vernisson): 7.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Varennes-Changy): 7.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Varennes-Changy): 7.6 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Nogent-sur-Vernisson): 7.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Choux): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 24.6

Days at or below 0 °C 66

Muggy days a summer 0.7

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 66 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LES CHOUX weather station, 0.3 km away at 148 m; the village itself is at 150 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at AMILLY, 18.7 km away at 91 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 59 m below 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 807 mm of rain a year, spread over 130 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LES CHOUX, 0.3 km away at 148 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 — 45096/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45096/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45096/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 45096/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45229
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45332
INSEE BPE 2025 — 45096
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
Lésigny	86	178 km SW	524	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Coulongé	72	185 km W	506	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Gueures	76	260 km NW	522	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Teillet-Argenty	03	171 km S	555	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saulzais-le-Potier	18	134 km S	472	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Fontcouverte	11	515 km S	575	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 32 % · humidity 21 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saulzais-le-Potier	18	134 km S	472	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Teillet-Argenty	03	171 km S	555	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Lésigny	86	178 km SW	524	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Coulongé	72	185 km W	506	29.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 73 % · humidity 100 %
Gueures	76	260 km NW	522	30.8	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 %
Fontcouverte	11	515 km S	575	35	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 51 % · winter 32 % · humidity 21 %

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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 Les Choux'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
Teillet-Argenty	03	171 km S	555	30.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saulzais-le-Potier	18	134 km S	472	28.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Bayet	03	178 km S	672	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Chevenon	58	106 km SE	635	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Le Val d'Ocre	89	47 km E	563	29.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Velesmes-Échevanne	70	231 km E	491	23.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

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