La Chapelle, Savoie
La Chapelle
La Shapéla (Savoyard) | |
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Location of La Chapelle | |
La Chapelle La Chapelle | |
| Coordinates: 45°25′11″N 6°16′43″E / 45.4197°N 6.2786°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes |
| Department | Savoie |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Canton | Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2023–2026) | Charles Costel[1] |
Area 1 | 12.28 km2 (4.74 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 327 |
| • Density | 26.6/km2 (69.0/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 73074 /73660 |
| Elevation | 360–2,200 m (1,180–7,220 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]; Savoyard: La Shapéla) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Geography
Climate
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 a mountain climate and is in the northern Alps climatic region, characterized by an annual rainfall of 1,200 to 1,500 mm, irregularly distributed in summer.[4]
From 1971–2000, the mean annual temperature is 10.5 °C, with an annual temperature range of 19.4 °C. The average annual rainfall total is 1,168 mm, with 9.6 days of precipitation in January and 9 days in July.[3] From 1991–2020, the average annual temperature observed at the nearest Météo-France weather station, "Saint-Alban des Hurtières", in the commune of Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières, 7 km away per great-circle navigation,[5] is 11.0°C and the mean annual precipitation total is 1,274.5 mm.[6][7] For the future, the municipality's climate parameters estimated for 2050 according to different greenhouse gas emission scenarios can be consulted on a dedicated website published by Météo-France in November 2022.[8]
Urban planning
Typology
As of 1 January 2024, La Chapelle is categorised as a rural commune with dispersed housing, according to the new seven-level municipal density grid defined by INSEE in 2022.[9] It is located outside the urban unit.[10] In addition, the commune is part of the Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne attraction area, of which it is a crown commune.[10][note 1] This area, which includes 26 municipalities, is categorized as an area with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants.[11][12]
Land use
The land use of the municipality, as shown by the European biophysical land cover database Corine Land Cover (CLC), is marked by the importance of forests and semi-natural environments (72% in 2018), which is decreasing compared to 1990 (73%). The detailed breakdown in 2018 is as follows: forests (70.9%), meadows (13.7%), heterogeneous agricultural areas (4.9%), arable land (4.7%), industrial or commercial areas and communication networks (4.5%), environments with shrub and/or herbaceous vegetation (1.1%), urbanised areas (0.2%).[13]
The IGN also provides an online tool to compare the evolution over time of the land use of the municipality (or territories at different scales). Several eras are available in the form of maps or aerial photos: the Cassini map (18th century), the staff map (1820-1866) and the current period (1950 to the present day).
See also
Notes
- ^ In October 2020, the concept of functional areas replaced the old concept of urban areas, to allow consistent comparisons with other countries of the European Union.
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ a b Joly, Daniel; Brossard, Thierry; Cardot, Hervé; Cavailhes, Jean; Hilal, Mohamed; Wavresky, Pierre (2010-06-18). "Les types de climats en France, une construction spatiale". Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography (in French). doi:10.4000/cybergeo.23155. ISSN 1278-3366.
- ^ "Un peu de géographie". pluiesextremes.meteo.fr. Archived from the original on 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "Distance between La Chapelle and Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières". fr.distance.to. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "Station Météo-France « Saint-Alban des Hurtières », sur la commune de Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières - fiche climatologique - période 1991-2020" (PDF). donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "Station Météo-France « Saint-Alban des Hurtières », sur la commune de Saint-Alban-d'Hurtières - fiche de métadonnées" (PDF). donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "CLIMADIAG COMMUNE par Météo-France". meteofrance.com. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "La grille de densité 2022". Insee (in French). Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ a b "Commune de La Chapelle". Insee. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "Aire d'attraction des villes 2020 de Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne". Insee (in French). Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ de Bellefon, Marie-Pierre; Eusebio, Pascal; Forest, Jocelyn; Pégaz-Blanc, Olivier; Warnod, Raymond (2020-10-21). "En France, neuf personnes sur dix vivent dans l'aire d'attraction d'une ville - Insee Focus - 211". Insee (in French). Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ^ "CORINE Land Cover". www.statistiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr. 2018-12-27. Retrieved 2025-10-24.