Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 45.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle (INSEE 73262) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 502 (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.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 45.5/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 90 % of the 17,778 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.92 | 20 | 18.46 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.71 | 10 | 7.07 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE SAVOY). [3,4]
4 × Restaurant (SARL LE SAINT NICOLAS · LOUIDJI ET MARIO · NP ALTITUDE). [3,4]
2 × Café / bar (RESTAURANT EAU VIVE POPOTTE DE MONTAGNE). [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [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) | 1 | LE SAVOY | 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 | 4 | SARL LE SAINT NICOLAS · LOUIDJI ET MARIO · NP ALTITUDE | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 2 | RESTAURANT EAU VIVE POPOTTE DE MONTAGNE | INSEE SIRENE 2 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE | 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 | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 SIRENE 4 / INSEE BPE 0 [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
Population 423 (2012) → 502 (2023): 18.7 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 416 (1990) → 502 (2023): 20.7 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 581, of which 60.1 % second homes and 1.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Flumet): 1.3 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Flumet): 1.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Flumet): 1.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle): 0.3 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 2 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 29 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the COL-DES-SAISIES weather station, 6.5 km away at 1,614 m; the village itself is at 952 m. [10]
The village sits 662 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 6.5 km away at 1,614 m, over 29 summers. [10]
That station sits 662 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,552 mm of rain a year, spread over 134 days — about 11.6 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 6.5 km away at 1,614 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
34 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 339,500 € — 3,497 € per m² of built surface. [11]
28 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 72,020 € — 2,915 € per m². [11]
The median across Savoie is 2,827 € per m², so this commune sits above 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
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73262/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73262/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73262/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73262/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73114
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 73262
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quiberville-sur-Mer | 76 | 616 km NW | 542 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Montferrier | 09 | 495 km SW | 541 | 45.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saorge | 06 | 219 km SE | 430 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auzat | 09 | 523 km SW | 561 | 43.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Île-de-Batz | 29 | 857 km NW | 458 | 40.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Séranon | 06 | 227 km S | 540 | 48.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saorge | 06 | 219 km SE | 430 | 44.4 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 34 % · humidity 93 % |
| Séranon | 06 | 227 km S | 540 | 48.6 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montferrier | 09 | 495 km SW | 541 | 45.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 % |
| Auzat | 09 | 523 km SW | 561 | 43.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 84 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quiberville-sur-Mer | 76 | 616 km NW | 542 | 44.4 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 % |
| Île-de-Batz | 29 | 857 km NW | 458 | 40.6 | Partly served | 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 Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aillon-le-Jeune | 73 | 39 km SW | 430 | 55.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Le Hohwald | 67 | 295 km N | 521 | 47.7 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 % |
| Le Bessat | 42 | 162 km W | 530 | 51.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mégevette | 74 | 43 km N | 619 | 29.5 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Brizon | 74 | 27 km N | 457 | 28.9 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Les Déserts | 73 | 43 km SW | 845 | 56.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
Elsewhere
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