La Chapelle-en-Lafaye

Loire · CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA) · INSEE 42050

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

No daily shops 18.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 70 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-en-Lafaye (INSEE 42050) is in Loire (42), part of CA Loire Forez Agglomération (LFA). Population 138 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/42050-la-chapelle-en-lafaye

Vitality score

Vitality score 18.9/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 70 % of the 13,414 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0	10	0
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.87	10	8.66
Housing mix	0.21	5	1.07

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 0 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant. ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	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	1	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	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: 122 peak 2012: 145 2023: 138 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 145 (2012) → 138 (2023): -4.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 101 (1990) → 138 (2023): 36.6 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 117, of which 39.3 % second homes and 6 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

Primary school — 4.7 km EFood shop — 5.2 km SBakery — 5.5 km SGP — 6.5 km NEPharmacy — 7.4 km SE 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 (Estivareilles): 5.5 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Estivareilles): 5.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Soleymieux): 6.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Bonnet-le-Château): 7.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Marols): 4.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 6.3

Days at or below 0 °C 97.2▸

Muggy days a summer 3.8

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 6 days a year at or above 30 °C and 97 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC weather station, 7.1 km away at 822 m; the village itself is at 1,068 m. ^[12]

The village sits 246 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 7.1 km away at 822 m, over 10 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 246 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 831 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at ST-BONNET-LE-CHATEAU_SAPC, 7.1 km away at 822 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42050/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42050/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42050/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42050/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42091
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42301
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42204
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42140
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
Rempnat	87	165 km W	141	11.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Erp	09	358 km SW	142	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Clément-sur-Guye	71	136 km N	140	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-le-Mault	87	237 km NW	146	13.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Arphy	30	164 km S	139	14.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Thélis-la-Combe	42	47 km E	143	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Thélis-la-Combe	42	47 km E	143	14.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Clément-sur-Guye	71	136 km N	140	18.1	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Arphy	30	164 km S	139	14.9	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 35 % · humidity 86 %
Rempnat	87	165 km W	141	11.9	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 95 % · winter 49 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Martin-le-Mault	87	237 km NW	146	13.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 30 % · humidity 86 %
Erp	09	358 km SW	142	20.6	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 68 % · humidity 86 %

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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-Lafaye'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
Montarcher	42	0.7 km SE	63	15	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Arcon	42	61 km N	106	13.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Palogneux	42	32 km N	69	10.5	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Merle-Leignec	42	10 km S	324	20.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Nohèdes	66	344 km SW	61	9.2	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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