Saint-Chély-d'Apcher
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 58/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Chély-d'Apcher (INSEE 48140) is in Lozère (48), part of CC des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac. Population 3,955 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/48140-saint-chely-d-apcher
Vitality score
Vitality score 58/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 76 % of the 5,693 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 | 0.5 | 25 | 12.5 |
| Social | 0.88 | 20 | 17.62 |
| Education | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Health | 0.64 | 10 | 6.44 |
| Public & culture | 0.22 | 5 | 1.11 |
| Population trend | 0.37 | 10 | 3.65 |
| Housing mix | 0.81 | 5 | 4.04 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL DU VIEUX MOULIN · AU BON PAIN · MAPAIN · LA GERBE D'OR). [3,4]
2 × Butcher (boucherie) (MAISON PARAN · MAISON PRUNIERE RUAT). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (BIOBRU). [3,4]
2 × Supermarket (ADDI · SOMADIS). [3,4]
7 × Restaurant (HOTEL DU LION D'OR · LA CANTINE · P'TIT CRO · LES DELICES DE MARY). [3,4]
11 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CENTRE · CAFE DU COMMERCE · LE CARACOL · THE WINE LODGE · LE GREMLIN). [4]
1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB BELLEVUE). [3]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE SCOLAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-MARIE). [3]
2 × Collège (COLLEGE HAUT-GEVAUDAN · COLLEGE SACRE COEUR). [3]
9 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LUCIE HERMET, MÉDECIN · BRICE ZACHAREWICZ, MÉDECIN · CARINE HOENNER, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIANE CHANELLIERE, MÉDECIN · DANIEL CAMILLERI, MÉDECIN). [3]
2 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE PROUHEZE · PHARMACIE LABORIE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE THÉOPHILE ROUSSEL). [3]
1 × Cinema (LE CINE THEATRE). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (HALLE AUX SPORTS). [3]
5 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CIC SUD OUEST · AGENCE DE SAINT CHELY · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD). [3]
8 × Hairdresser (SARL EVOLUTIF · JENNIF'HAIR · L'ATELIER N 74). [3,4]
4 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
4 × Hotel (LE LION D OR · HOTEL JEANNE D'ARC · LE BEL HORIZON · LES PORTES D'APCHER). [3,4]
1 × Campsite. [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 5 | FOURNIL DU VIEUX MOULIN · AU BON PAIN · MAPAIN · LA GERBE D'OR | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 2 | MAISON PARAN · MAISON PRUNIERE RUAT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | BIOBRU | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 2 | ADDI · SOMADIS | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 7 | HOTEL DU LION D'OR · LA CANTINE · P'TIT CRO · LES DELICES DE MARY | INSEE BPE 7 / INSEE SIRENE 13 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 11 | CAFE DU CENTRE · CAFE DU COMMERCE · LE CARACOL · THE WINE LODGE · LE GREMLIN | INSEE SIRENE 11 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 1 | ECOLE MATERNELLE PUB BELLEVUE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE SCOLAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINTE-MARIE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 2 | COLLEGE HAUT-GEVAUDAN · COLLEGE SACRE COEUR | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 9 | LUCIE HERMET, MÉDECIN · BRICE ZACHAREWICZ, MÉDECIN · CARINE HOENNER, MÉDECIN · CHRISTIANE CHANELLIERE, MÉDECIN · DANIEL CAMILLERI, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 9 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 2 | PHARMACIE PROUHEZE · PHARMACIE LABORIE | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | MÉDIATHÈQUE MUNICIPALE THÉOPHILE ROUSSEL | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 1 | LE CINE THEATRE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | HALLE AUX SPORTS | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 5 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CIC SUD OUEST · AGENCE DE SAINT CHELY · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD | INSEE BPE 5 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 8 | SARL EVOLUTIF · JENNIF'HAIR · L'ATELIER N 74 | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 4 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 4 | LE LION D OR · HOTEL JEANNE D'ARC · LE BEL HORIZON · LES PORTES D'APCHER | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday de 8h à 13h place du marché. [5]
Trajectory
Population 4,187 (2012) → 3,955 (2023): -5.5 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 4,570 (1990) → 3,955 (2023): -13.5 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 2,669, of which 9.6 % second homes and 11.7 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Saint-Chély-d'Apcher): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Saint-Chély-d'Apcher): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). [9]
GP (Saint-Chély-d'Apcher): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Saint-Chély-d'Apcher): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Saint-Chély-d'Apcher): 0.3 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 127 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ST CHELY-D APCHER weather station, 1.6 km away at 1,032 m; the village itself is at 1,001 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LE BUISSON, 19 km away at 1,088 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 87 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 825 mm of rain a year, spread over 115 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at ST CHELY-D APCHER, 1.6 km away at 1,032 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48140/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.stchelydapcher.fr/ma-ville/march%c2%8ees-foires/— “Tous les jeudis matins, de 8h à 13h, producteurs et commerçants installent leurs étals sur la place du marché.”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48140/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48140/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 48140/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 48140
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semur-en-Auxois | 21 | 310 km N | 3,986 | 57.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vagney | 88 | 444 km NE | 3,843 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny | 50 | 564 km NW | 3,903 | 58.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Eauze | 32 | 273 km W | 4,108 | 60.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| La Châtre | 36 | 222 km NW | 4,037 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montrichard Val de Cher | 41 | 325 km NW | 3,611 | 58.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 0 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Châtre | 36 | 222 km NW | 4,037 | 56.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 64 % · winter 8 % · humidity 86 % |
| Eauze | 32 | 273 km W | 4,108 | 60.5 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Semur-en-Auxois | 21 | 310 km N | 3,986 | 57.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 9 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montrichard Val de Cher | 41 | 325 km NW | 3,611 | 58.9 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 0 % |
| Vagney | 88 | 444 km NE | 3,843 | 50.1 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 41 % · humidity 86 % |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny | 50 | 564 km NW | 3,903 | 58.5 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 0 % · 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-Chély-d'Apcher'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maîche | 25 | 385 km NE | 4,254 | 55.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Charquemont | 25 | 383 km NE | 2,900 | 61.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orchamps-Vennes | 25 | 361 km NE | 2,189 | 59.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villard-de-Lans | 38 | 182 km E | 4,328 | 62.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur | 05 | 222 km E | 2,086 | 68.3 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Russey | 25 | 374 km NE | 2,599 | 54.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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