Chanu

Orne · CC Domfront Tinchebray Interco · INSEE 61093

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

Few services 34.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 39 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chanu (INSEE 61093) is in Orne (61), part of CC Domfront Tinchebray Interco. Population 1,243 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/61093-chanu

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 39 % of the 13,003 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.55	10	5.45
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.29

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LE FOURNIL DE LA FOLIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE LECOCQ). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVECO). ^[3,4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-LAURE BETTAIBI, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE CHANU). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE DE SPORT). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'HAIR ANGELIQUE). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LE FOURNIL DE LA FOLIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1	BOUCHERIE LECOCQ	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVECO	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 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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SACRE COEUR	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ANNE-LAURE BETTAIBI, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE CHANU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHANU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE DE CHANU	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE DE SPORT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	1	L'HAIR ANGELIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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: 1,147 peak 2012: 1,277 2023: 1,243 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,277 (2012) → 1,243 (2023): -2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,189 (1990) → 1,243 (2023): 4.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 616, of which 7.1 % second homes and 9.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 1.6 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 (Chanu): 1.6 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chanu): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Chanu): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chanu): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Chanu): 0.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 5.2

Days at or below 0 °C 41.4

Muggy days a summer 0.4

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 5 days a year at or above 30 °C and 41 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST CORNIER-DES-LANDES weather station, 3.8 km away at 306 m; the village itself is at 287 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at FLERS, 6.9 km away at 195 m, over 28 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 92 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 1,143 mm of rain a year, spread over 155 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST CORNIER-DES-LANDES, 3.8 km away at 306 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 — 61093/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61093/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61093/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 61093/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 61093
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
Villasavary	11	648 km S	1,220	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %
Tronget	03	381 km SE	925	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-d'Anjou	11	630 km S	1,255	49	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Massay	18	265 km SE	1,345	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Belpech	11	643 km S	1,343	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Montlivault	41	199 km SE	1,293	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Montlivault	41	199 km SE	1,293	34.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Massay	18	265 km SE	1,345	30.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Tronget	03	381 km SE	925	50.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 81 % · humidity 93 %
Labastide-d'Anjou	11	630 km S	1,255	49	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 29 %
Belpech	11	643 km S	1,343	46.6	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 44 % · winter 88 % · humidity 50 %
Villasavary	11	648 km S	1,220	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 68 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Chanu'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-Denis-sur-Sarthon	61	55 km SE	1,055	41.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Landéan	35	50 km SW	1,250	47.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Riquier	80	246 km NE	1,279	56.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Étrœungt	59	365 km NE	1,233	28.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Ourville-en-Caux	76	145 km NE	1,088	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Aubers	59	326 km NE	1,749	46.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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