Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 9.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 28 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle (INSEE 10355) is in Aube (10), part of CC du Nogentais. Population 81 (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 9.7/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 28 % of the 8,579 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Population trend | 0.83 | 10 | 8.28 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [3,4]
1 × Campsite (SNLC). [3,4]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. [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 BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 | 1 | SNLC | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 68 (2012) → 81 (2023): 19.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 61 (1990) → 81 (2023): 32.8 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 90, of which 58.9 % second homes and 3.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Nogent-sur-Seine): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Nogent-sur-Seine): 4.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
GP (Nogent-sur-Seine): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Nogent-sur-Seine): 4.8 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Chalautre-la-Grande): 1.4 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 17 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BOUY-SUR-ORVIN weather station, 10.5 km away at 102 m; the village itself is at 99 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at BOUY-SUR-ORVIN, 10.5 km away at 102 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 708 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST-AUBIN, 7.2 km away at 78 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10355/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10355/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10355/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 10355/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 10268
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 77072
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freychenet | 09 | 640 km S | 82 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| La Rosière | 70 | 244 km E | 80 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Cristinacce | 2A | 815 km SE | 77 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois | 19 | 339 km S | 76 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 % |
| Val-de-Chalvagne | 04 | 574 km SE | 81 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 % |
| Orto | 2A | 824 km SE | 81 | 11.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Rosière | 70 | 244 km E | 80 | 5.1 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 49 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Sulpice-les-Bois | 19 | 339 km S | 76 | 6.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 23 % · humidity 93 % |
| Val-de-Chalvagne | 04 | 574 km SE | 81 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 59 % · winter 92 % |
| Freychenet | 09 | 640 km S | 82 | 8.7 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Cristinacce | 2A | 815 km SE | 77 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Orto | 2A | 824 km SE | 81 | 11.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
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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 Saint-Nicolas-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristinacce | 2A | 815 km SE | 77 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 % |
| Ajoux | 07 | 427 km S | 81 | 7.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Sailly | 71 | 237 km S | 75 | 5.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 % |
| Bonnevaux | 30 | 465 km S | 78 | 9.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 % |
| Jouqueviel | 81 | 494 km S | 100 | 4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers | 48 | 482 km S | 99 | 11.8 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
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