Lachapelle-sous-Chaux

Identity

Lachapelle-sous-Chaux (INSEE 90057) is in Territoire de Belfort (90), part of CC des Vosges du Sud. Population 745 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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/90057-lachapelle-sous-chaux

Vitality score

Vitality score 22.2/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 20 % of the 16,090 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 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

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

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, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 706 (2012) → 745 (2023): 5.5 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 577 (1990) → 745 (2023): 29.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 341, of which 3.5 % second homes and 4.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Chaux): 1.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Giromagny): 3.8 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Chaux): 1.7 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Sermamagny): 1.9 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Lachapelle-sous-Chaux): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 12 days a year at or above 30 °C and 65 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GIROMAGNY_SAPC weather station, 4.2 km away at 473 m; the village itself is at 414 m. ^[12]

The village sits 59 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.55 °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 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GIROMAGNY_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 473 m, over 12 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 59 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.06 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,646 mm of rain a year, spread over 145 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GIROMAGNY_SAPC, 4.2 km away at 473 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90057/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90057/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90057/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 90057/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 90023
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 90052
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 90093
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 90057
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024