La Chapelle-aux-Chasses

Allier · CA Moulins Communauté · INSEE 03057

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

Few services 23.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-aux-Chasses (INSEE 03057) is in Allier (03), part of CA Moulins Communauté. Population 197 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 23.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 15,879 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	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.29	10	2.88
Housing mix	0.82	5	4.09

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LAASRI JEAN CLAUDE). ^[3,4]

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

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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)	1	LAASRI JEAN CLAUDE	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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE	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-AUX-CHASSES	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: 342 2023: 197 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 208 (2012) → 197 (2023): -5.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 250 (1990) → 197 (2023): -21.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 121, of which 9.1 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.5 km SWGP — 4.9 km NWPharmacy — 5.1 km NWFood shop — 6.9 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 (La Chapelle-aux-Chasses): 2.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Chevagnes): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Lucenay-lès-Aix): 4.9 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Lucenay-lès-Aix): 5.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Chapelle-aux-Chasses): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 26.6

Days at or below 0 °C 59

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 27 days a year at or above 30 °C and 59 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the YZEURE weather station, 17.1 km away at 242 m; the village itself is at 225 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at MONTBEUGNY, 17.1 km away at 275 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

An average of 796 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at CHEVAGNES, 6.5 km away at 228 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03057/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03057/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03057/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 03057/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03057
INSEE BPE 2025 — 03074
INSEE BPE 2025 — 58146
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
Le Bouchaud	03	49 km SE	192	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Reigny	18	91 km W	234	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Festes-et-Saint-André	11	426 km S	185	18.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Maden	22	460 km NW	218	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %
Laymont	32	413 km SW	232	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Arconcey	21	93 km NE	217	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Le Bouchaud	03	49 km SE	192	22.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %
Reigny	18	91 km W	234	23.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 64 %
Arconcey	21	93 km NE	217	20.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Laymont	32	413 km SW	232	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 49 % · humidity 57 %
Festes-et-Saint-André	11	426 km S	185	18.8	No daily shops	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 38 % · humidity 29 %
Saint-Maden	22	460 km NW	218	23.4	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 64 % · humidity 100 %

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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-aux-Chasses'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
Escandolières	12	262 km S	212	15.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Arnaud-Guilhem	31	444 km SW	230	19	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Les Guerreaux	71	34 km SE	226	9.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Le Montellier	01	144 km SE	336	25.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Avril-sur-Loire	58	21 km NW	245	13.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Sainte-Radégonde	86	216 km W	187	12.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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