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La Chaussée

Vienne · CC du Pays Loudunais · INSEE 86069

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.

No daily shops 10.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 17 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chaussée (INSEE 86069) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Pays Loudunais. Population 189 (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/86069-la-chaussee

Vitality score

Vitality score 10.6/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 17 % of the 15,632 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
Social0200
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture050
Population trend0.48104.79
Housing mix0.8454.22

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 0 of 1
Cafés and bars 0 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 0 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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]
Restaurant0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [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]
Library0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 233 2023: 189 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 188 (2012) → 189 (2023): 0.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 193 (1990) → 189 (2023): -2.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 115, of which 7.8 % second homes and 13 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

5 km10 kmPharmacy — 5.0 km S (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves)Food shop — 5.1 km S (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves)Bakery — 5.2 km S (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves)GP — 5.2 km S (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves)Primary school — 5.3 km S (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves)
Pharmacy — 5.0 km SFood shop — 5.1 km SBakery — 5.2 km SGP — 5.2 km SPrimary school — 5.3 km S 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 (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves): 5.1 km to the south (straight line). [8]

GP (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Pharmacy (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves): 5 km to the south (straight line). [8]

Primary school (Saint-Jean-de-Sauves): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 53 days at or below 0 °C, over 21 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]

Measured at the MARTAIZE weather station, 7.3 km away at 61 m; the village itself is at 88 m. [9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [9]

Humidity measured at MARTAIZE, 7.3 km away at 61 m, over 10 summers. [9]

An average of 579 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 5.5 mm on a day it rains. [9]

Rainfall measured at MARTAIZE, 7.3 km away at 61 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86069/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86069/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86069/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86069/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 86225
  9. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lintot-les-Bois76332 km N18911.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Hyèvre-Paroisse25481 km E19011.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · humidity 86 %
Gourgeon70442 km E18812.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Francheville51399 km NE18913.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Aouze88462 km NE1909.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Vallentigny10377 km NE1889.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Lintot-les-Bois76332 km N18911.7No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 65 % · humidity 86 %
Vallentigny10377 km NE1889.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Francheville51399 km NE18913.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gourgeon70442 km E18812.7No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 58 % · humidity 100 %
Aouze88462 km NE1909.8No daily shopsCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Hyèvre-Paroisse25481 km E19011.3No daily shopsSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 80 % · 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 La Chaussée'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
Francheville51399 km NE18913.4No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Vallentigny10377 km NE1889.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Brandonvillers51383 km NE19114.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Montureux-et-Prantigny70423 km E1899.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Nanteuil-la-Fosse02377 km NE18613.8No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Lisle41131 km NE18110.3No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %