Lachapelle

Identity

Lachapelle (INSEE 54287) is in Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), part of CC du Territoire de Lunéville à Baccarat. Population 257 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/54287-lachapelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 59 % of the 17,348 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.

Services

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]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 267 (2012) → 257 (2023): -3.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 204 (1990) → 257 (2023): 26 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 116, of which 0.9 % second homes and 3.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Bertrichamps): 1.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Raon-l'Étape): 3.4 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Bertrichamps): 1.2 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Raon-l'Étape): 4 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bertrichamps): 1 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 74 days at or below 0 °C, over 22 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the ST MAURICE weather station, 11.3 km away at 305 m; the village itself is at 277 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at ST MAURICE, 11.3 km away at 305 m, over 23 summers. ^[10]

An average of 1,020 mm of rain a year, spread over 141 days — about 7.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BACCARAT, 5.2 km away at 272 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

What property sold for

11 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 116,000 € — 481 € per m² of built surface. ^[11]

The median across Meurthe-et-Moselle is 1,727 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[11]

These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54287/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54287/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54287/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 54287/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 54065
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 88372
10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
11. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025