Château-Larcher

Vienne · CC des Vallées du Clain · INSEE 86065

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

Few services 23.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 13 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Château-Larcher (INSEE 86065) is in Vienne (86), part of CC des Vallées du Clain. Population 1,034 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 13 % of the 14,107 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	0.2	20	3.93
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.76	10	7.61
Housing mix	0.89	5	4.47

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 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA CLOUERE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE G. HABRIOUX). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (LES BOIS DE LA PARDIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

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, 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	1	AUBERGE DE LA CLOUERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE G. HABRIOUX	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1		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	1	LES BOIS DE LA PARDIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 450 2023: 1,034 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 978 (2012) → 1,034 (2023): 5.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 820 (1990) → 1,034 (2023): 26.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 476, of which 5.3 % second homes and 6.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 3.4 km NEGP — 3.4 km NEBakery — 4.0 km WPharmacy — 6.2 km NE 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 (Vivonne): 4 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Aslonnes): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Aslonnes): 3.4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Villedieu-du-Clain): 6.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Château-Larcher): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.8

Days at or below 0 °C 41.7

Muggy days a summer 3.9

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 42 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC weather station, 13 km away at 122 m; the village itself is at 100 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC, 13 km away at 122 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

An average of 777 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at LA FERRIERE AIROUX_SAPC, 13 km away at 122 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86065/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86065/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86065/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86065/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86293
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86010
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86290
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86065
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
Marville-Moutiers-Brûlé	28	264 km N	1,024	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Plaine-d'Argenson	79	68 km SW	1,006	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Vénérieu	38	392 km E	968	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Nantheuil	24	122 km SE	989	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Apremont	73	448 km E	979	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Chassors	16	88 km SW	1,123	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Plaine-d'Argenson	79	68 km SW	1,006	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chassors	16	88 km SW	1,123	20.7	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Nantheuil	24	122 km SE	989	26.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Marville-Moutiers-Brûlé	28	264 km N	1,024	25.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Vénérieu	38	392 km E	968	34.6	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Apremont	73	448 km E	979	33.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 53 % · 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 Château-Larcher'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
Plaine-d'Argenson	79	68 km SW	1,006	25.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Chaillac-sur-Vienne	87	74 km SE	1,250	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Auvent	87	83 km SE	974	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Rosoy	89	297 km NE	1,072	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Genouph	37	109 km N	1,019	27.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Chanteloup	79	75 km NW	985	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %

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