Saint-Chels
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune.
No daily shops 8.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 9 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Chels (INSEE 46254) is in Lot (46), part of CC Grand-Figeac. Population 148 (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 8.3/100 — No daily shops (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 9 % of the 13,969 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 | 0.57 | 10 | 5.72 |
| Housing mix | 0.27 | 5 | 1.36 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
No food shop, school, café or restaurant in the commune. [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 | 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 147 (2012) → 148 (2023): 0.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 138 (1990) → 148 (2023): 7.2 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 129, of which 36.4 % second homes and 3.9 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Cajarc): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Marcilhac-sur-Célé): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Cajarc): 3.7 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Cajarc): 5.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Marcilhac-sur-Célé): 4.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 32 days a year at or above 30 °C and 39 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the FAYCELLES weather station, 16.8 km away at 342 m; the village itself is at 379 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at FAYCELLES, 16.8 km away at 342 m, over 20 summers. [10]
An average of 883 mm of rain a year, spread over 120 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at CAJARC, 5.4 km away at 174 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 — 46254/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46254/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46254/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 46254/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46045
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 46183
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-du-Tartre | 71 | 321 km NE | 148 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Champagnat-le-Jeune | 63 | 164 km NE | 149 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chevaigné-du-Maine | 53 | 466 km N | 150 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Larzac | 24 | 68 km W | 145 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Saillac | 46 | 22 km S | 148 | 10.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Victot-en-Auge | 14 | 534 km N | 145 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saillac | 46 | 22 km S | 148 | 10.8 | No daily shops | no figures |
| Larzac | 24 | 68 km W | 145 | 11.9 | No daily shops | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 82 % · humidity 71 % |
| Champagnat-le-Jeune | 63 | 164 km NE | 149 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 44 % · winter 58 % · humidity 79 % |
| Saint-Martin-du-Tartre | 71 | 321 km NE | 148 | 8.6 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 61 % · humidity 93 % |
| Chevaigné-du-Maine | 53 | 466 km N | 150 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 81 % · humidity 86 % |
| Victot-en-Auge | 14 | 534 km N | 145 | 5.3 | No daily shops | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 % |
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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-Chels'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ginouillac | 46 | 31 km NW | 139 | 8.3 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Grèzes | 46 | 11 km N | 155 | 10.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
| Aubigné | 79 | 228 km NW | 163 | 3.4 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Bastit | 46 | 24 km NW | 145 | 12.2 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Reilhaguet | 46 | 36 km NW | 156 | 12.5 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 % |
| Les Essards | 16 | 155 km NW | 175 | 7 | No daily shops | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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