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Chanteloup

Deux-Sèvres · CA du Bocage Bressuirais · INSEE 79069

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

Few services 31.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 38 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chanteloup (INSEE 79069) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 985 (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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79069-chanteloup

Vitality score

Vitality score 31.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 38 % of the 14,420 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.43208.65
Education0.63106.32
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.58105.82
Housing mix0.9254.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 1 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. [3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LOUPIZZ · LA GRANGE). [3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHANTELOUP). [3]

1 × Hairdresser. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant2LOUPIZZ · LA GRANGEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE PRIMAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE CHANTELOUPINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser1INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 868 peak 2017: 1,009 2023: 985 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,006 (2012) → 985 (2023): -2.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 910 (1990) → 985 (2023): 8.2 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 475, of which 4 % second homes and 9.5 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmBakery — 3.4 km W (Courlay)Pharmacy — 3.5 km W (Courlay)Food shop — 5.8 km SW (Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre)GP — 6.8 km SW (Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre)
In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.4 km WPharmacy — 3.5 km WFood shop — 5.8 km SWGP — 6.8 km SW 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 (Courlay): 3.4 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

GP (Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre): 6.8 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (Courlay): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Chanteloup): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 16 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [12]

Measured at the BRESSUIRE weather station, 8.1 km away at 191 m; the village itself is at 218 m. [12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [12]

Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 8.1 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. [12]

An average of 866 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [12]

Rainfall measured at MONCOUTANT-SPC, 6.7 km away at 181 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79069/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2026-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/eebc3f58-17e1-3c53-a8d8-4ab6655ec6ec— “Marché de Chanteloup”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79069/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79069/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79069/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79103
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79179
  11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 79069
  12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Cruzilles-lès-Mépillat01418 km E98433.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 86 %
Aucaleuc22223 km NW97333.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice63314 km E96831.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Héry-sur-Alby74514 km E97936.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %
Osselle-Routelle25486 km E96132Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Vandrimare27322 km NE96933.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Aucaleuc22223 km NW97333.8Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Maurice63314 km E96831.4Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 74 % · humidity 86 %
Vandrimare27322 km NE96933.6Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Cruzilles-lès-Mépillat01418 km E98433.8Few servicesWarmer summers, similar winters.summer 49 % · winter 86 %
Osselle-Routelle25486 km E96132Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Héry-sur-Alby74514 km E97936.5Few servicesSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 18 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Chanteloup'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Brie35152 km NW98834.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Le Subdray18216 km E96737.9Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Barthélemy70548 km E1,08525.6Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Fromentières53122 km N84832.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Raizeux78264 km NE97033.2Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Arnoult-des-Bois28234 km NE89732.3Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %