La Chapelle-Thècle

Saône-et-Loire · CC Terres de Bresse · INSEE 71097

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 44/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 88 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-Thècle (INSEE 71097) is in Saône-et-Loire (71), part of CC Terres de Bresse. Population 517 (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 44/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 88 % of the 17,723 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.46	10	4.61
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (J&M EPI D'OR). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA TAVERNE DU PONT). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), 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)	1	J&M EPI D'OR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	LA TAVERNE DU PONT	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [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: 637 2023: 517 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 466 (2012) → 517 (2023): 10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 538 (1990) → 517 (2023): -3.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 328, of which 16.8 % second homes and 4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km EPharmacy — 3.7 km EGP — 7.2 km SW 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 (La Chapelle-Thècle): 0.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Chapelle-Thècle): 0.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Romenay): 7.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Montpont-en-Bresse): 3.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Chapelle-Thècle): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.8

Days at or below 0 °C 65.1

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 24 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MONTPONT weather station, 3.9 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 199 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at VARENNES-ST-SA, 11.1 km away at 207 m, over 23 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,028 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MONTPONT, 3.9 km away at 205 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 — 71097/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71097/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71097/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 71097/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71097
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71373
INSEE BPE 2025 — 71318
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
Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe	47	415 km SW	514	38	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Soumans	23	217 km W	611	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Burdignes	42	149 km S	422	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Calignac	47	456 km SW	495	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Cyr	87	331 km W	676	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Montaillé	72	367 km NW	516	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Burdignes	42	149 km S	422	41	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 54 % · winter 62 % · humidity 71 %
Soumans	23	217 km W	611	51.8	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 82 % · winter 95 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Cyr	87	331 km W	676	39.7	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 %
Montaillé	72	367 km NW	516	30.5	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 67 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Castelnaud-de-Gratecambe	47	415 km SW	514	38	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 100 %
Calignac	47	456 km SW	495	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 82 % · winter 66 % · 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 La Chapelle-Thècle'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
Abjat-sur-Bandiat	24	353 km W	639	45.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %
Vesdun	18	205 km W	540	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Paizay-le-Sec	86	332 km W	468	39.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Charras	16	380 km W	346	39.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Azy	18	196 km W	450	35.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Sarzay	36	246 km W	301	33.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %

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