La Chapelle-Thècle owes its name to Santa Tecla, the first martyr of the East. During the revolution, it was called the sane live, the name of the river that runs through the town. La Chapelle-Thècle is on the dividing line of customary law and statutory law. With a mixture of low-pitched roof and roof tiles of Bresse and steep south-small tiles Bresse North roofs.
The town is watered by the sane live which itself receives the Voye. The average annual rainfall is 1 m. Its population in 2013 is around 500 inhabitants. It was 1911 inhabitants in 1415. Its populated past, it has preserved the essential shops: butcher shop, bakery, coffee shop, grocery and miscellaneous.
