La Chapelle-Villars

Loire · CC du Pilat Rhodanien · INSEE 42051

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

Few services 33.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-Villars (INSEE 42051) is in Loire (42), part of CC du Pilat Rhodanien. Population 528 (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 33.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 17,619 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	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.32	5	1.58
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.31

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (AUBERGE DE LA CHAPELLE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AU BOURG). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE - LA CHAPELLE-VILLARS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	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	AUBERGE DE LA CHAPELLE	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)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE AU BOURG	INSEE BPE 1 [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 - LA CHAPELLE-VILLARS	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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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: 209 peak 2012: 543 2023: 528 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 543 (2012) → 528 (2023): -2.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 262 (1990) → 528 (2023): 101.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 231, of which 6.9 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 2.3 km SFood shop — 3.5 km SEGP — 4.0 km EPharmacy — 4.0 km E 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 (Chuyer): 2.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Condrieu): 3.5 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Condrieu): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Condrieu): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Chapelle-Villars): 0 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.3

Days at or below 0 °C 56.7

Muggy days a summer 1

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BESSEY weather station, 9.7 km away at 425 m; the village itself is at 426 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BESSEY, 9.7 km away at 425 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 925 mm of rain a year, spread over 107 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PELUSSIN, 7.2 km away at 511 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42051/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42051/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42051/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 42051/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 69064
INSEE BPE 2025 — 42051
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
Vaumas	03	137 km NW	528	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Teilhède	63	138 km NW	536	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rustiques	11	308 km SW	538	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 51 % · humidity 29 %
Courchamps	49	421 km NW	533	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Bouville	28	400 km NW	530	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ouillon	64	460 km SW	553	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 36 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vaumas	03	137 km NW	528	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Teilhède	63	138 km NW	536	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Rustiques	11	308 km SW	538	33.4	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 51 % · humidity 29 %
Bouville	28	400 km NW	530	31.7	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Courchamps	49	421 km NW	533	33.6	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Ouillon	64	460 km SW	553	33.7	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 59 % · humidity 36 %

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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-Villars'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
Vaumas	03	137 km NW	528	28.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Teilhède	63	138 km NW	536	35.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Ardenay-sur-Mérize	72	431 km NW	504	32.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Essertenne	71	150 km N	483	27.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Plainoiseau	39	154 km NE	502	29.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Essertines-en-Donzy	42	43 km NW	477	29.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

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