La Chapelle-Laurent
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.
No daily shops 15.1/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 33 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chapelle-Laurent (INSEE 15042) is in Cantal (15), part of CC Hautes Terres. Population 234 (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 15.1/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 33 % of the 16,894 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 | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 0.09 | 10 | 0.86 |
| Housing mix | 0.51 | 5 | 2.53 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CHAPELLE LAURENT AP). [3]
1 × Library (RELAIS-LECTURE AGENCE POSTALE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, 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 | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 CHAPELLE LAURENT AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | RELAIS-LECTURE AGENCE POSTALE | 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
Population 319 (2012) → 234 (2023): -26.6 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 399 (1990) → 234 (2023): -41.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 24.7 % second homes and 22.1 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Massiac): 9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Massiac): 9 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
GP (Massiac): 9.2 km to the north (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Massiac): 9.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [8]
Primary school (La Chapelle-Laurent): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 125 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST- PONCY_SAPC weather station, 5.4 km away at 805 m; the village itself is at 967 m. [10]
The village sits 162 m above 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at RUYNES, 19.7 km away at 905 m, over 14 summers. [10]
That station sits 62 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 731 mm of rain a year, spread over 106 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST- PONCY_SAPC, 5.4 km away at 805 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 — 15042/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15042/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15042/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 15042/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15119
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 15042
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louroux-Bourbonnais | 03 | 154 km N | 205 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 30 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-le-Château | 23 | 138 km NW | 224 | 23.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Lesparrou | 09 | 272 km SW | 236 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 79 % |
| Auriac-Lagast | 12 | 126 km SW | 228 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 % |
| Latouille-Lentillac | 46 | 107 km W | 247 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 % |
| Le Vilhain | 03 | 158 km N | 266 | 20.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 35 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latouille-Lentillac | 46 | 107 km W | 247 | 15.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 46 % · winter 0 % · humidity 64 % |
| Auriac-Lagast | 12 | 126 km SW | 228 | 9.1 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 97 % · winter 0 % |
| Saint-Hilaire-le-Château | 23 | 138 km NW | 224 | 23.3 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 43 % · humidity 93 % |
| Louroux-Bourbonnais | 03 | 154 km N | 205 | 18.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 30 % |
| Le Vilhain | 03 | 158 km N | 266 | 20.4 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 87 % · winter 35 % |
| Lesparrou | 09 | 272 km SW | 236 | 10.2 | No daily shops | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 79 % · winter 15 % · humidity 79 % |
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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-Laurent'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teilhet | 63 | 107 km N | 286 | 9.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mercœur | 43 | 4.2 km E | 146 | 8.1 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Clavières | 15 | 22 km S | 184 | 23.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Chantepérier | 38 | 215 km E | 213 | 20.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mayres | 63 | 43 km NE | 197 | 9.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lavaldens | 38 | 209 km E | 165 | 11.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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