La Chapelle

Identity

La Chapelle (INSEE 73074) is in Savoie (73), part of CC du Canton de La Chambre. Population 326 (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/73074-la-chapelle

Vitality score

Vitality score 23.3/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 54 % of the 17,971 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

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 357 (2012) → 326 (2023): -8.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 239 (1990) → 326 (2023): 36.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 222, of which 17.6 % second homes and 14.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saint François Longchamp): 6.4 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Rémy-de-Maurienne): 3.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (La Chambre): 6.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (La Chapelle): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the ST-ALBAN DES HURTIERES weather station, 6.3 km away at 610 m; the village itself is at 472 m. ^[12]

The village sits 138 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at STE MARIE CUINES, 8.8 km away at 460 m, over 25 summers. ^[12]

An average of 1,079 mm of rain a year, spread over 113 days — about 9.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at MONTGELLAFREY, 4.6 km away at 1,057 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

What property sold for

29 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 148,000 € — 1,612 € per m² of built surface. ^[13]

The median across Savoie is 2,827 € per m², so this commune sits below it. ^[13]

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 — 73074/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73074/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73074/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73074/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73235
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73278
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73067
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 73074
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
13. DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025