La Chapelle, Ardennes

La Chapelle
The town hall
Location of La Chapelle
La Chapelle
La Chapelle
Coordinates: 49°44′32″N 5°00′56″E / 49.7422°N 5.0156°E / 49.7422; 5.0156
CountryFrance
RegionGrand Est
DepartmentArdennes
ArrondissementSedan
CantonSedan-2
IntercommunalityCA Ardenne Métropole
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Paul Colinet[1]
Area
1
7.52 km2 (2.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
163
 • Density21.7/km2 (56.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
08101 /08200
Elevation328 m (1,076 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

La Chapelle (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl]) is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

Geography

In 2010, the climate of the commune was a Type 1, according to a study by the French National Centre for Scientific Research based on a series of data covering the period of 1971–2000.[3] In 2020, Météo France published a typology of the climates of metropolitan France in which the commune is exposed to an altered oceanic climate and is in the Lorraine, Langres plateau, Morvan climatic region, characterized by a harsh winter (1.5 °C), moderate winds and frequent fog in autumn and winter.[4]

From 1971–2000, the mean annual temperature is 8.9 °C, with an annual temperature range of 15.2 °C. The average annual rainfall total is 1,090 mm, with 14.3 days of precipitation in January and 10.3 days in July.[3] From 1991–2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest Météo-France weather station, "Douzy", in the commune of Douzy, 8 km away per great-circle navigation,[5] is 10.5°C and the mean annual precipitation total is 857.0 mm. The maximum temperature recorded at this station is 40.3 °C, reached on July 25, 2019; the minimum temperature was −14.8 °C, reached on January 3, 2004.[6][7][note 1]

The municipality's climate parameters have been estimated for the middle of the century (2041–2070) according to different greenhouse gas emission scenarios based on the new DRIAS-2020 reference climate projections.[8] They can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.[9]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962123—    
1968124+0.8%
197599−20.2%
1982116+17.2%
1990145+25.0%
1999156+7.6%
2008164+5.1%

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The records are set for the period between May 1, 2002, and October 2, 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b Joly, Daniel; Brossard, Thierry; Cardot, Hervé; Cavailhes, Jean; Hilal, Mohamed; Wavresky, Pierre (18 June 2010). "Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale". Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography (in French). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.23155. ISSN 1278-3366.
  4. ^ "Un peu de géographie". pluiesextremes.meteo.fr. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Distance between La Chapelle and Douzy". fr.distance.to. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Station Météo-France « Douzy », sur la commune de Douzy - fiche climatologique - période 1991-2020" (PDF). donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Station Météo-France « Douzy », sur la commune de Douzy - fiche de métadonnées" (PDF). donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Les nouvelles projections climatiques de référence DRIAS-2020". www.drias-climat.fr. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  9. ^ "CLIMADIAG COMMUNE par Météo-France". meteofrance.com. Retrieved 23 October 2025.