Cheval-Blanc
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 51.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Cheval-Blanc (INSEE 84038) is in Vaucluse (84), part of CA Luberon Monts de Vaucluse. Population 4,362 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/84038-cheval-blanc
Vitality score
Vitality score 51.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 52 % of the 5,241 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 | 0.38 | 25 | 9.52 |
| Social | 0.62 | 20 | 12.41 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.31 | 10 | 3.07 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.94 | 10 | 9.39 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.52 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (COURTOIS · LINA). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE MONTAGNON). [3,4]
3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ECHOPPE GUSTO · EPICERIE L ALEZAN · LES PANIERS DE DIDIER). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE CHEVAL BLANC · SAS DMB · MJC 84 · LIZA BY LEPTICURIEN · COMME UN DIMANCHE). [3,4]
3 × Café / bar (LE BREMHUS · CAFE RESTAURANT L'ALEZAN DE CHEVAL · LE BRENNUS). [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIUS ANDRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HÉLÈNE PAQUENTIN, MÉDECIN · CLAUDE DRAHY, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE CHEVAL-BLANC). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CHEVAL BLANC). [3]
2 × Gym / sports hall (LA FORGE · GYMNASE DU GROUPE SCOLAIRE). [3]
6 × Hairdresser (JEN COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (ECG - CAMPING HOMAIR LES RIVES DU LUBERON). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | COURTOIS · LINA | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | BOUCHERIE MONTAGNON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 3 | ECHOPPE GUSTO · EPICERIE L ALEZAN · LES PANIERS DE DIDIER | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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 | 5 | AUBERGE DE CHEVAL BLANC · SAS DMB · MJC 84 · LIZA BY LEPTICURIEN · COMME UN DIMANCHE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 8 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 3 | LE BREMHUS · CAFE RESTAURANT L'ALEZAN DE CHEVAL · LE BRENNUS | INSEE SIRENE 3 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE MARIUS ANDRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 2 | HÉLÈNE PAQUENTIN, MÉDECIN · CLAUDE DRAHY, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE CHEVAL-BLANC | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE DE CHEVAL BLANC | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 2 | LA FORGE · GYMNASE DU GROUPE SCOLAIRE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 6 | JEN COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | ECG - CAMPING HOMAIR LES RIVES DU LUBERON | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 4,080 (2012) → 4,362 (2023): 6.9 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 3,032 (1990) → 4,362 (2023): 43.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,095, of which 4.8 % second homes and 5.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cheval-Blanc): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Cheval-Blanc): 0.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Cheval-Blanc): 0.9 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Orgon): 2.8 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Cheval-Blanc): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 52 days a year at or above 30 °C and 12 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the OPPEDE CRETE DU PETIT LUBERON weather station, 6.7 km away at 672 m; the village itself is at 81 m. [10]
The village sits 591 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at OPPEDE CRETE DU PETIT LUBERON, 6.7 km away at 672 m, over 22 summers. [10]
That station sits 591 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 779 mm of rain a year, spread over 69 days — about 11.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at OPPEDE CRETE DU PETIT LUBERON, 6.7 km away at 672 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
171 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 350,000 € — 3,241 € per m² of built surface. [11]
20 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 196,225 € — 2,485 € per m². [11]
The median across Vaucluse is 2,599 € per m², so this commune sits above it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84038/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84038/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84038/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 84038/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 84038
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 13067
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porte des Pierres Dorées | 69 | 243 km N | 4,185 | 52.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 % |
| Aulnat | 63 | 268 km NW | 4,139 | 41.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 % |
| Les Garennes sur Loire | 49 | 589 km NW | 4,663 | 56.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 % |
| Limonest | 69 | 228 km N | 4,012 | 58.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 % |
| Montsoult | 95 | 623 km N | 4,023 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 % |
| Genilac | 42 | 196 km N | 3,839 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genilac | 42 | 196 km N | 3,839 | 51.7 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 38 % · winter 62 % · humidity 43 % |
| Limonest | 69 | 228 km N | 4,012 | 58.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 15 % · winter 46 % · humidity 57 % |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées | 69 | 243 km N | 4,185 | 52.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 41 % · winter 55 % · humidity 57 % |
| Aulnat | 63 | 268 km NW | 4,139 | 41.1 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 28 % · winter 43 % · humidity 36 % |
| Les Garennes sur Loire | 49 | 589 km NW | 4,663 | 56.2 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 26 % · winter 93 % · humidity 43 % |
| Montsoult | 95 | 623 km N | 4,023 | 43.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 61 % · humidity 64 % |
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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 Cheval-Blanc'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robion | 84 | 6.2 km NE | 4,816 | 55.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Fourques | 30 | 39 km W | 2,680 | 62.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Garons | 30 | 51 km W | 5,381 | 52.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montady | 34 | 165 km W | 3,990 | 50.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Maraussan | 34 | 161 km W | 4,789 | 47.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lignan-sur-Orb | 34 | 159 km W | 3,227 | 38.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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