Luchapt

Vienne · CC Vienne et Gartempe · INSEE 86138

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

Few services 21.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 60 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Luchapt (INSEE 86138) is in Vienne (86), part of CC Vienne et Gartempe. Population 244 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/86138-luchapt

Vitality score

Vitality score 21.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 60 % of the 17,108 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.27	10	2.7
Housing mix	0.55	5	2.73

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 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”.

A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BELLE VIE CATERING). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. ^[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	1	LA BELLE VIE CATERING	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)	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	LUCHAPT AP	INSEE BPE 1 [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	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

A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 486 2023: 244 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 282 (2012) → 244 (2023): -13.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 317 (1990) → 244 (2023): -23 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 211, of which 22.7 % second homes and 23.7 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery Primary school — 8.2 km WGP — 9.2 km NFood shop — 9.6 km NWPharmacy — 11.4 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 (Luchapt): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (L'Isle-Jourdain): 9.6 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

GP (Adriers): 9.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[11]

Pharmacy (Availles-Limouzine): 11.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[12]

Primary school (Millac): 8.2 km to the west (straight line). ^[13]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 19.6

Days at or below 0 °C 54.6

Muggy days a summer 5.9

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 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[14]

Measured at the LE-VIGEANT weather station, 11.3 km away at 117 m; the village itself is at 191 m. ^[14]

The village sits 74 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 4.94 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[14]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 6 days a summer. ^[14]

Humidity measured at LE-VIGEANT, 11.3 km away at 117 m, over 10 summers. ^[14]

That station sits 74 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[14]

An average of 824 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[14]

Rainfall measured at ISLE-JOURDAIN G, 9.3 km away at 158 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[14]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86138/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
DATAtourisme 2026-08— https://data.datatourisme.fr/23/caabbbf8-1b75-3996-85d0-afc19b493287— “Marché de Luchapt”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86138/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86138/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 86138/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86138
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86112
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86001
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86015
INSEE BPE 2025 — 86159
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
Petit-Bersac	24	108 km SW	184	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Orcival	63	169 km E	240	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Juré	42	242 km E	242	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Rémy-de-Blot	63	166 km E	251	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 34 % · humidity 64 %
Cressy-sur-Somme	71	244 km E	175	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 64 %
Chamborand	23	61 km E	241	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Chamborand	23	61 km E	241	17.6	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 77 % · humidity 71 %
Petit-Bersac	24	108 km SW	184	26	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 53 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Rémy-de-Blot	63	166 km E	251	29.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 34 % · humidity 64 %
Orcival	63	169 km E	240	35	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 72 % · humidity 57 %
Juré	42	242 km E	242	32.3	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 49 % · humidity 71 %
Cressy-sur-Somme	71	244 km E	175	24.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · 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 Luchapt'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
Valence	16	49 km SW	192	17.6	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Fontaine-Chalendray	17	78 km W	237	9.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Nueil-sous-Faye	86	97 km NW	217	15.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Coussay	86	86 km NW	266	17.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Corquoy	18	141 km NE	198	12.7	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Prinçay	86	94 km NW	201	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

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