La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 40.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent (INSEE 79076) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CA du Bocage Bressuirais. Population 2,054 (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.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/79076-la-chapelle-saint-laurent
Vitality score
Vitality score 40.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 41 % of the 9,445 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 | 0.26 | 25 | 6.56 |
| Social | 0.32 | 20 | 6.32 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.2 | 10 | 1.97 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.67 | 10 | 6.74 |
| Housing mix | 0.96 | 5 | 4.78 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (GIE VEDIVIANDE). [3,4]
2 × Restaurant (LES CREP' A MEL · LE SANDY BAR REST'O). [3,4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT LAURENT). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA CHAPELLE). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-LAURENT). [3]
1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (ACTU'ELLE STY'IL · TENDANCE COIFFURE). [3,4]
1 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie), 1 × Supermarket.
Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | GIE VEDIVIANDE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 2 | LES CREP' A MEL · LE SANDY BAR REST'O | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE SAINT LAURENT | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 1 | PHARMACIE DE LA CHAPELLE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE LA CHAPELLE-SAINT-LAURENT | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 1 | COMPLEXE SPORTIF | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 3 | ACTU'ELLE STY'IL · TENDANCE COIFFURE | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 1 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 1,900 (2012) → 2,054 (2023): 8.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 1,749 (1990) → 2,054 (2023): 17.4 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 953, of which 2.2 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Boismé): 4.4 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent): 3.6 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Clessé): 6.3 km to the south-east (straight line). [10]
Pharmacy (La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Primary school (La Chapelle-Saint-Laurent): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 47 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the CLESSE weather station, 5.9 km away at 207 m; the village itself is at 184 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at BRESSUIRE, 10.8 km away at 191 m, over 30 summers. [11]
An average of 868 mm of rain a year, spread over 125 days — about 6.9 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at CLESSE, 5.9 km away at 207 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 — 79076/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79076/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79076/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79076/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79038
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79076
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 79094
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Réguisheim | 68 | 604 km E | 2,011 | 41.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Méteren | 59 | 501 km NE | 2,231 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Herrlisheim-près-Colmar | 68 | 604 km E | 1,911 | 36.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
| Ahuillé | 53 | 145 km N | 1,852 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Germain | 70 | 540 km E | 1,377 | 38.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châbons | 38 | 478 km E | 2,133 | 48.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahuillé | 53 | 145 km N | 1,852 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Châbons | 38 | 478 km E | 2,133 | 48.1 | Partly served | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 55 % · humidity 86 % |
| Méteren | 59 | 501 km NE | 2,231 | 50.8 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Saint-Germain | 70 | 540 km E | 1,377 | 38.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 81 % · humidity 100 % |
| Réguisheim | 68 | 604 km E | 2,011 | 41.5 | Partly served | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 % |
| Herrlisheim-près-Colmar | 68 | 604 km E | 1,911 | 36.9 | Few services | Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 74 % · humidity 100 % |
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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-Saint-Laurent'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahuillé | 53 | 145 km N | 1,852 | 46.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 % |
| Westhoffen | 67 | 628 km E | 1,720 | 46.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vineuil | 36 | 162 km E | 1,241 | 34.1 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 % |
| Quelaines-Saint-Gault | 53 | 133 km N | 2,152 | 49.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Bû | 28 | 271 km NE | 2,077 | 43.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Beignon | 56 | 187 km NW | 1,944 | 49.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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