Chenevelles

Vienne · CA Grand Châtellerault · INSEE 86072

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

Few services 28.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Chenevelles (INSEE 86072) is in Vienne (86), part of CA Grand Châtellerault. Population 435 (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/86072-chenevelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 28.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,955 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.61	10	6.07
Housing mix	0.73	5	3.65

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (COOP ATLANTIQUE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHENEVELLES RP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (L'UNIV'HAIR DE LAURENE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	COOP ATLANTIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DE CHENEVELLES	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	1	CHENEVELLES RP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	L'UNIV'HAIR DE LAURENE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	0		INSEE 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: 498 2023: 435 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 486 (2012) → 435 (2023): -10.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 393 (1990) → 435 (2023): 10.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 267, of which 13.5 % second homes and 15.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school Bakery — 6.2 km SPharmacy — 6.4 km NWGP — 8.2 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 (Archigny): 6.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chenevelles): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bonneuil-Matours): 8.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Availles-en-Châtellerault): 6.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Primary school (Chenevelles): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 36.3

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 36 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ARCHIGNY weather station, 5.2 km away at 138 m; the village itself is at 122 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ARCHIGNY, 5.2 km away at 138 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

An average of 719 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ARCHIGNY, 5.2 km away at 138 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 — 86072/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86072/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86072/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86072/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86009
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86072
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86032
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86014
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
Paudy	36	102 km E	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villequiers	18	168 km E	437	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Voussac	03	190 km E	494	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Salsigne	11	401 km S	400	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Bouligney	70	441 km E	401	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · humidity 93 %
Jenzat	03	205 km E	517	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Paudy	36	102 km E	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Villequiers	18	168 km E	437	27.2	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 %
Voussac	03	190 km E	494	30.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 78 % · humidity 86 %
Jenzat	03	205 km E	517	29.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Salsigne	11	401 km S	400	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 71 %
Bouligney	70	441 km E	401	28.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 31 % · 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 Chenevelles'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
Paudy	36	102 km E	437	27.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Beaulieu-sur-Oudon	53	189 km NW	483	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Soulaines-Dhuys	10	357 km NE	420	37.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Coudrecieux	72	141 km N	636	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Villardonnel	11	399 km S	515	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Landreville	10	324 km NE	395	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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