Chahains
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 7.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 12 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Chahains (INSEE 61080) is in Orne (61), part of CC du Pays Fertois et du Bocage Carrougien. Population 81 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 7.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 12 % of the 8,579 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.4 | 10 | 4 |
| Housing mix | 0.43 | 5 | 2.17 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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
| 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 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
Population 97 (2012) → 81 (2023): -16.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 90 (1990) → 81 (2023): -10 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 53, of which 28.3 % second homes and 3.8 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Carrouges): 2.3 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Carrouges): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Carrouges): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Carrouges): 2.2 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Carrouges): 2.1 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CARROUGES weather station, 2.7 km away at 295 m; the village itself is at 342 m. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ARGENTAN, 19.6 km away at 170 m, over 30 summers. [9]
That station sits 172 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 992 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CARROUGES BOURG, 2.1 km away at 325 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61080/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61080/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61080/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61080/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 61074
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Celle | 63 | 359 km SE | 81 | 6.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Poncey-sur-l'Ignon | 21 | 381 km E | 80 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Penne-sur-l'Ouvèze | 26 | 630 km SE | 82 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bize | 52 | 434 km E | 79 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| Monmadalès | 24 | 426 km S | 83 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Martial | 23 | 321 km SE | 79 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Chapelle-Saint-Martial | 23 | 321 km SE | 79 | 6.6 | No daily shops | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 54 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Celle | 63 | 359 km SE | 81 | 6.2 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Poncey-sur-l'Ignon | 21 | 381 km E | 80 | 10.9 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monmadalès | 24 | 426 km S | 83 | 14.4 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Bize | 52 | 434 km E | 79 | 14.3 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 88 % · humidity 79 % |
| La Penne-sur-l'Ouvèze | 26 | 630 km SE | 82 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 72 % · 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 Chahains'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quentin-de-Blavou | 61 | 40 km E | 80 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Avosnes | 21 | 378 km E | 83 | 11.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Brullemail | 61 | 34 km E | 90 | 10.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Ginai | 61 | 32 km NE | 74 | 10.7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Véry | 55 | 386 km E | 79 | 5.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Trinité-des-Laitiers | 61 | 45 km NE | 67 | 7.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
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