Charnay

Rhône · CC Beaujolais Pierres Dorées · INSEE 69047

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

Few services 34.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 46 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Charnay (INSEE 69047) is in Rhône (69), part of CC Beaujolais Pierres Dorées. Population 1,023 (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/69047-charnay

Vitality score

Vitality score 34.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 46 % of the 14,148 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.82	10	8.2
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.19

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE DES PIERRES DOREES). ^[4,3]

3 × Restaurant (L'AUBERGE DE LA BASCULE · ASB · CHEZ MEME). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES MATINS CLAIRS). ^[4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHARNAY AP). ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[4]

1 × Hairdresser (SO HAIR). ^[4,3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Café / bar, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	EPICERIE DES PIERRES DOREES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	3	L'AUBERGE DE LA BASCULE · ASB · CHEZ MEME	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES MATINS CLAIRS	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	1	CHARNAY AP	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	1	SO HAIR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 515 peak 2012: 1,072 2023: 1,023 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,072 (2012) → 1,023 (2023): -4.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 775 (1990) → 1,023 (2023): 32 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 491, of which 8.1 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km SWGP — 2.4 km SWPharmacy — 3.5 km W 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 (Châtillon): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Charnay): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Châtillon): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Chessy): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Charnay): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.2

Days at or below 0 °C 57.1

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 19 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LUCENAY weather station, 2.6 km away at 255 m; the village itself is at 415 m. ^[11]

The village sits 160 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LUCENAY, 2.6 km away at 255 m, over 20 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 160 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 730 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LUCENAY, 2.6 km away at 255 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 — 69047/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69047/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69047/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69047/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69050
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69047
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69056
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
Saint-Étienne-le-Molard	42	48 km W	1,033	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vignieu	38	66 km SE	1,024	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Laval-en-Belledonne	38	121 km SE	1,029	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
Val-du-Maine	53	448 km NW	952	38.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Le Girouard	85	488 km W	1,156	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
La Boissière	34	261 km S	1,072	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Étienne-le-Molard	42	48 km W	1,033	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Vignieu	38	66 km SE	1,024	32.3	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Laval-en-Belledonne	38	121 km SE	1,029	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 71 %
La Boissière	34	261 km S	1,072	32.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Val-du-Maine	53	448 km NW	952	38.4	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 76 % · humidity 79 %
Le Girouard	85	488 km W	1,156	34.9	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · 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 Charnay'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
Villebois	01	60 km E	1,206	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Chiré-en-Montreuil	86	359 km W	922	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Blancafort	18	245 km NW	998	28.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Villaines-les-Rochers	37	352 km NW	1,051	31.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Chambon	17	426 km W	983	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Longes	69	43 km S	938	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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