Cherves

Vienne · CC du Haut Poitou · INSEE 86073

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

Few services 28.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 52 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Cherves (INSEE 86073) is in Vienne (86), part of CC du Haut Poitou. Population 529 (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 28.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 52 % of the 17,629 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	0.53	10	5.25
Housing mix	0.79	5	3.97

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 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”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CHERVES). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (CHERVES AP). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE DE CHERVES	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	CHERVES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE 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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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: 720 2023: 529 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 567 (2012) → 529 (2023): -6.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 516 (1990) → 529 (2023): 2.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 321, of which 10.3 % second homes and 12.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Bakery — 1.5 km SEPrimary school — 1.7 km SEFood shop — 3.2 km WGP — 3.2 km WPharmacy — 3.3 km W 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 (Cherves): 1.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Thénezay): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Thénezay): 3.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Thénezay): 3.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Cherves): 1.7 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.2

Days at or below 0 °C 48.3

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 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the VOUILLE weather station, 16.3 km away at 111 m; the village itself is at 144 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VOUILLE, 16.3 km away at 111 m, over 11 summers. ^[10]

An average of 658 mm of rain a year, spread over 110 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at GRIMAUDIERE(LA), 10.1 km away at 85 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

44 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 109,000 € — 943 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Vienne is 1,168 € per m², so this commune sits below 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 — 86073/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86073/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86073/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86073/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86073
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79326
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
Sainte-Sévère	16	109 km S	519	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Sougé	41	129 km NE	484	29.4	Few services	no figures
Talmay	21	417 km E	528	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Castelnau-d'Aude	11	440 km SE	497	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %
Vielverge	21	417 km E	495	23.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Lantenay	21	374 km E	496	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Sévère	16	109 km S	519	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Sougé	41	129 km NE	484	29.4	Few services	no figures
Lantenay	21	374 km E	496	28.3	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 79 %
Vielverge	21	417 km E	495	23.7	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Talmay	21	417 km E	528	22.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 92 % · winter 81 %
Castelnau-d'Aude	11	440 km SE	497	27.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 41 % · winter 57 % · humidity 43 %

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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 Cherves'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
Sainte-Sévère	16	109 km S	519	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Vornay	18	197 km E	584	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Fraigne	16	85 km S	427	19.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Gevingey	39	419 km E	442	28.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Neuvicq-le-Château	17	103 km S	365	25.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Landes	17	94 km SW	575	42.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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