La Chapelle

Allier · CA Vichy Communauté · INSEE 03056

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

Few services 28/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 61 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle (INSEE 03056) is in Allier (03), part of CA Vichy Communauté. Population 399 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/03056-la-chapelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 28/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 61 % of the 18,000 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.61	10	6.08
Housing mix	0.71	5	3.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LES RICOCHETS). ^[4]

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

1 × Library (MAIRIE DE LA CHAPELLE). ^[3]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[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	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1	LES RICOCHETS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	1	MAIRIE DE LA CHAPELLE	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]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 471 2023: 399 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 378 (2012) → 399 (2023): 5.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 360 (1990) → 399 (2023): 10.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 260, of which 14.6 % second homes and 19.6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.4 km NWFood shop — 5.6 km SWGP — 7.4 km EPharmacy — 7.6 km E 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 (Molles): 2.4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Busset): 5.6 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Le Mayet-de-Montagne): 7.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Mayet-de-Montagne): 7.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Chapelle): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.2

Days at or below 0 °C 58.4

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 18 days a year at or above 30 °C and 58 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the MAYET-DE-MONTAG weather station, 8.6 km away at 534 m; the village itself is at 453 m. ^[12]

The village sits 81 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at VICHY-CHARMEIL, 15.9 km away at 249 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 204 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 969 mm of rain a year, spread over 135 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MAYET-DE-MONTAG, 8.6 km away at 534 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 — 03056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03174
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03045
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03165
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03056
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
Saint-Ganton	35	454 km NW	413	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Isserteaux	63	51 km S	416	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Duault	22	586 km NW	385	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · humidity 93 %
Rouffignac	17	324 km W	437	30.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Georges-Lagricol	43	92 km S	518	33.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Molières	24	257 km SW	370	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Isserteaux	63	51 km S	416	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Georges-Lagricol	43	92 km S	518	33.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.summer 90 % · winter 80 %
Molières	24	257 km SW	370	30.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 59 % · humidity 50 %
Rouffignac	17	324 km W	437	30.1	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 61 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Ganton	35	454 km NW	413	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 57 % · humidity 86 %
Duault	22	586 km NW	385	28.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 58 % · 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 La Chapelle'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
Isserteaux	63	51 km S	416	30.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Verosvres	71	75 km NE	423	28.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Roumégoux	15	174 km SW	336	25.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Anjouin	36	182 km NW	313	18.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Sorbier	03	31 km N	318	29.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
La Celle	03	63 km W	398	17.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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