Les Chapelles

Savoie · CC de Haute-Tarentaise · INSEE 73077

A school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop.

Few services 30.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 55 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Les Chapelles (INSEE 73077) is in Savoie (73), part of CC de Haute-Tarentaise. Population 568 (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/73077-les-chapelles

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 55 % of the 17,343 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.63	5	3.16

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 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 0 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 school and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (BAR DES CHAPELAINS). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, 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)	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	1	BAR DES CHAPELAINS	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	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

1968: 310 2023: 568 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 532 (2012) → 568 (2023): 6.8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 258 (1990) → 568 (2023): 120.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 343, of which 18.4 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.4 km SGP — 3.9 km SBakery — 4.3 km SEPharmacy — 4.6 km NE 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 (Bourg-Saint-Maurice): 4.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Landry): 2.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (La Plagne Tarentaise): 3.9 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bourg-Saint-Maurice): 4.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Les Chapelles): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 8.5

Days at or below 0 °C 137▸

Muggy days a summer 0

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 137 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the BOURG ST MAURICE weather station, 3.7 km away at 865 m; the village itself is at 1,299 m. ^[12]

The village sits 434 m above 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 BOURG ST MAURICE, 3.7 km away at 865 m, over 30 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 434 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 989 mm of rain a year, spread over 112 days — about 8.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at BOURG ST MAURICE, 3.7 km away at 865 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73077/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73077/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73077/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73077/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73054
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73142
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73150
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73077
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
Yviers	16	527 km W	541	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Arconsat	63	236 km W	565	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Irai	61	570 km NW	603	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 4 % · humidity 100 %
Fressin	62	642 km NW	579	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Blennes	77	409 km NW	546	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Bransles	77	411 km NW	526	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Arconsat	63	236 km W	565	22.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 50 % · humidity 100 %
Blennes	77	409 km NW	546	30.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Bransles	77	411 km NW	526	27.2	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Yviers	16	527 km W	541	25.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 56 % · winter 0 % · humidity 71 %
Irai	61	570 km NW	603	29.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 4 % · humidity 100 %
Fressin	62	642 km NW	579	24.9	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · 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 Les Chapelles'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
Saint-Théoffrey	38	100 km SW	612	39.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Nantes-en-Ratier	38	102 km SW	476	34.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Notre-Dame-de-Vaulx	38	102 km SW	512	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Remoray-Boujeons	25	136 km N	466	33.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
La Chenalotte	25	169 km N	549	45.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Coltines	15	298 km W	427	20.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %

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