La Chapelotte

Cher · CC Terres du Haut Berry · INSEE 18051

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

Few services 28.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 94 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelotte (INSEE 18051) is in Cher (18), part of CC Terres du Haut Berry. Population 132 (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 28.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 94 % of the 13,055 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	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	0.29	10	2.9
Housing mix	0.41	5	2.04

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 0 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 somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE CARBET DE L'AMITIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AU PTI BERRICHON). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1	LE CARBET DE L'AMITIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	AU PTI BERRICHON	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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: 240 2023: 132 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 177 (2012) → 132 (2023): -25.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 167 (1990) → 132 (2023): -21 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 135, of which 29.6 % second homes and 19.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop Primary school — 7.2 km SWBakery — 7.5 km SWPharmacy — 7.5 km SWGP — 7.7 km SW 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 (Henrichemont): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chapelotte): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Henrichemont): 7.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Henrichemont): 7.5 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Henrichemont): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.6

Days at or below 0 °C 44.5

Muggy days a summer 4

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 14 days a year at or above 30 °C and 45 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the HENRICHEMONT weather station, 7.5 km away at 377 m; the village itself is at 311 m. ^[10]

The village sits 66 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °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 4 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at VAILLY/SAULDRE, 11.4 km away at 226 m, over 15 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 85 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 968 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at JARS, 4 km away at 282 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 — 18051/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18051/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18051/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18051/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18109
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18051
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
Lardiers	04	439 km SE	143	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 71 %
Château-Chalon	39	239 km E	149	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Vailhan	34	426 km S	142	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Royer	71	191 km SE	138	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Belval	88	353 km E	148	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Moudeyres	43	291 km SE	115	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 31 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Royer	71	191 km SE	138	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 65 % · humidity 93 %
Château-Chalon	39	239 km E	149	28.4	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 46 % · humidity 79 %
Moudeyres	43	291 km SE	115	26.4	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 31 % · humidity 71 %
Belval	88	353 km E	148	23.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Vailhan	34	426 km S	142	21.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Lardiers	04	439 km SE	143	29.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 8 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Chapelotte'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
Montégut	65	504 km S	126	18	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Burgy	71	197 km SE	112	17.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %
Eup	31	514 km S	139	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Fenouillet	66	507 km S	100	14.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Collonge-en-Charollais	71	167 km SE	151	16	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Outines	51	203 km NE	130	8.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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