La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.
Few services 26.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 93 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chapelle-en-Valgaudémar (INSEE 05064) is in Hautes-Alpes (05), part of CC Champsaur-Valgaudemar. Population 120 (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 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 93 % of the 12,207 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 | 0.79 | 20 | 15.82 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.39 | 10 | 3.89 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]
3 × Restaurant (BAR RESTAURANT SUR LE TOUT · GIOBERNEY 1650 · REFUGE XAVIER BLANC (LE CLOT)). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar (HOTEL MONT OLAN). [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-EN-VALGAUDEMAR). [3]
1 × Hotel (HOTEL MONT OLAN). [3,4]
3 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES MELEZES · CAMPING LES BOULEAUX · CAMPING LES PRES RONDS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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) | 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 | 3 | BAR RESTAURANT SUR LE TOUT · GIOBERNEY 1650 · REFUGE XAVIER BLANC (LE CLOT) | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | HOTEL MONT OLAN | INSEE SIRENE 1 [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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-EN-VALGAUDEMAR | 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 | 1 | HOTEL MONT OLAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 3 | CAMPING MUNICIPAL LES MELEZES · CAMPING LES BOULEAUX · CAMPING LES PRES RONDS | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 111 (2012) → 120 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 135 (1990) → 120 (2023): -11.1 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 229, of which 63.8 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Firmin): 14.8 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Firmin): 13.5 km to the west (straight line). [8]
GP (Saint-Firmin): 14.6 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Saint-Firmin): 14.7 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Firmin): 14 km to the west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 112 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [9]
Measured at the CHAPELLE-EN-VALGAUDEMAR weather station, 0.8 km away at 1,270 m; the village itself is at 1,093 m. [9]
The village sits 177 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [9]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [9]
Humidity measured at ORCIERES-NIVOSE, 15.4 km away at 2,280 m, over 16 summers. [9]
That station sits 1,187 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [9]
An average of 1,280 mm of rain a year, spread over 105 days — about 12.2 mm on a day it rains. [9]
Rainfall measured at CHAPELLE-EN-VALGAUDEMAR, 0.8 km away at 1,270 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [9]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05064/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05064/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05064/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 05064/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 05142
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lescun | 64 | 586 km W | 163 | 25.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 41 % |
| Caramany | 66 | 372 km SW | 129 | 31.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage | 06 | 80 km SE | 98 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 % |
| La Condamine-Châtelard | 04 | 59 km SE | 154 | 37.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
| Camurac | 11 | 410 km SW | 110 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Vernet | 04 | 62 km S | 132 | 35.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 59 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Condamine-Châtelard | 04 | 59 km SE | 154 | 37.2 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 42 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Vernet | 04 | 62 km S | 132 | 35.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.summer 97 % · winter 59 % |
| Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage | 06 | 80 km SE | 98 | 18.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.summer 97 % · winter 88 % |
| Caramany | 66 | 372 km SW | 129 | 31.8 | Few services | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 31 % · winter 0 % · humidity 50 % |
| Camurac | 11 | 410 km SW | 110 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lescun | 64 | 586 km W | 163 | 25.1 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 41 % |
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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-en-Valgaudémar'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camurac | 11 | 410 km SW | 110 | 33.6 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 % |
| Besse | 38 | 28 km N | 154 | 19 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bordères-Louron | 65 | 513 km SW | 152 | 11.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Colomban-des-Villards | 73 | 53 km N | 143 | 37.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Llo | 66 | 424 km SW | 153 | 18 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Védrines-Saint-Loup | 15 | 231 km W | 118 | 17.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
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