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La Chapelle-la-Reine

Seine-et-Marne · CA du Pays de Fontainebleau · INSEE 77088

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

Partly served 54.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 81 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chapelle-la-Reine (INSEE 77088) is in Seine-et-Marne (77), part of CA du Pays de Fontainebleau. Population 2,170 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/77088-la-chapelle-la-reine

Vitality score

Vitality score 54.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 9,091 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0.34258.55
Social0.822016.42
Education0.39103.93
Health0.51105.13
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.52105.21
Housing mix0.9754.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 3 of 3
Health 2 of 4
Public services 1 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 1 of 2
Everyday services 3 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]

2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE JOUAN · AUX DOUCEURS DE LA CHAPELLE). [3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LIBRE SERVICE FAFA ET VERO). [3,4]

1 × Supermarket (SUPER U). [3,4]

3 × Restaurant (UMUT · PIZZA RELLA · RELL'S BURGER). [3,4]

4 × Café / bar (LE CARRE D'AS). [4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LEO MOULIN). [3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB P PREVOST). [3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE BLANCHE DE CASTILLE). [3]

2 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HUBERT NAHOUM, MÉDECIN · THIERRY CONTET, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA PLACE). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-LA-REINE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (AIRE SPORTIVE GARE ROUTIERE). [3]

1 × Bank (BRED BANQUE POPULAIRE). [3]

3 × Hairdresser (L'INSTANT COIFFURE · PASHA · L'ATELIER 17). [3,4]

2 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Bank, 2 × Hairdresser.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie). [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)2BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE JOUAN · AUX DOUCEURS DE LA CHAPELLEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)1LIBRE SERVICE FAFA ET VEROINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Supermarket1SUPER UINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Restaurant3UMUT · PIZZA RELLA · RELL'S BURGERINSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar4LE CARRE D'ASINSEE SIRENE 4 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)1ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE LEO MOULININSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)1ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB P PREVOSTINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège1COLLEGE BLANCHE DE CASTILLEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)2HUBERT NAHOUM, MÉDECIN · THIERRY CONTET, MÉDECININSEE BPE 2 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE DE LA PLACEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-LA-REINEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1AIRE SPORTIVE GARE ROUTIEREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank1BRED BANQUE POPULAIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser3L'INSTANT COIFFURE · PASHA · L'ATELIER 17INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station2STATION SERVICEINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Weekly market: Tuesday matin Place de la République. [5,6]

Confirmed by two independent sources: Commune website and DATAtourisme.

Trajectory

1968: 797 peak 1999: 2,781 2023: 2,170 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,538 (2012) → 2,170 (2023): -14.5 % over 10 years. [7,1]

Population 2,125 (1990) → 2,170 (2023): 2.1 % over 30 years. [8,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,034, of which 1.7 % second homes and 10.8 % vacant. [9]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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-la-Reine): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). [10]

Food shop (La Chapelle-la-Reine): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]

GP (La Chapelle-la-Reine): 0 km to the west (straight line). [10]

Pharmacy (La Chapelle-la-Reine): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Primary school (La Chapelle-la-Reine): 0.4 km to the north (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 48 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the NEMOURS weather station, 12 km away at 73 m; the village itself is at 122 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at NEMOURS, 12 km away at 73 m, over 28 summers. [11]

An average of 695 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 6 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at LE VAUDOUE, 6.2 km away at 68 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77088/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. Commune website 2026-10— https://www.lachapellelareine.fr/vie-locale/marche/— “Tous les mardis matin”
  6. DATAtourisme 2023-03— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/c89daac0-3632-327f-baa8-238523051e36— “Tous les mardis matin sur la Place de la République, grand choix de produits alimentaires,habillement, mercerie, bibelots, etc..”
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77088/2012
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77088/1990
  9. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 77088/logement/2023
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 77088
  11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Saint-Germain-du-Puch33444 km SW2,30454.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Artenay4557 km SW1,99750.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche57354 km E2,30156.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Selongey21211 km E2,39544.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Estagel66617 km S2,16056.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 %
Arudy64624 km SW2,22853.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Artenay4557 km SW1,99750.6Partly servedCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Selongey21211 km E2,39544.6Partly servedSimilar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Rohrbach-lès-Bitche57354 km E2,30156.7Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 74 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Germain-du-Puch33444 km SW2,30454.8Partly servedWarmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 89 % · humidity 64 %
Estagel66617 km S2,16056.3Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 38 % · winter 46 % · humidity 29 %
Arudy64624 km SW2,22853.2Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 57 %

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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-la-Reine'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Fleury-sur-Andelle27146 km NW1,80157.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %
Vatan36150 km SW1,99454.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Bar-sur-Seine10136 km E2,85866.4ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Mirebeau86247 km SW2,14358.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %
Sorigny37184 km SW2,93855.6Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Levroux36165 km SW2,79754.9Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %