Beauvezer
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school.
Few services 34.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 79 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Beauvezer (INSEE 04025) is in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), part of CC Alpes-Provence-Verdon "Sources de lumière". Population 384 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 34.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 79 % of the 18,015 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 | 0.21 | 25 | 5.27 |
| Social | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and somewhere to eat or drink, but no school. [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE BELVEZIENNE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (EBBE 36). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BEAUVEZER AP). [3]
2 × Hotel (HOTEL DU VERDON · SARL H2O PROTECT). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING PARADIS LES RELARGUIERS). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.
Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | EPICERIE BELVEZIENNE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Restaurant | 1 | EBBE 36 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | BEAUVEZER AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Hairdresser | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 2 | HOTEL DU VERDON · SARL H2O PROTECT | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING PARADIS LES RELARGUIERS | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
Market and village life
Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.
Trajectory
Population 343 (2012) → 384 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 226 (1990) → 384 (2023): 69.9 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 739, of which 69 % second homes and 3.7 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Colmars): 5.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Beauvezer): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
GP (Colmars): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Pharmacy (Colmars): 4.8 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Primary school (Colmars): 5 km to the north-east (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 7 days a year at or above 30 °C and 111 days at or below 0 °C, over 14 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the ALLOS_SAPC weather station, 11.4 km away at 1,400 m; the village itself is at 1,181 m. [10]
The village sits 219 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.21 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at LA MURE-ARGENS, 19.4 km away at 920 m, over 19 summers. [10]
That station sits 261 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 1,032 mm of rain a year, spread over 98 days — about 10.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at THORAME HAUTE, 6.4 km away at 1,155 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
57 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 160,000 € — 1,941 € per m² of built surface. [11]
26 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 68,500 € — 1,521 € per m². [11]
The median across Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is 2,214 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04025/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04025/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04025/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 04025/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04061
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 04025
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algajola | 2B | 251 km SE | 363 | 52.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Gavarnie-Gèdre | 65 | 551 km W | 340 | 38.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 22 % |
| Orelle | 73 | 119 km N | 324 | 39 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villarodin-Bourget | 73 | 119 km N | 499 | 35.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Montagnac-Montpezat | 04 | 57 km SW | 401 | 49.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
| Speloncato | 2B | 261 km SE | 261 | 28.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montagnac-Montpezat | 04 | 57 km SW | 401 | 49.2 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 23 % · winter 39 % · humidity 100 % |
| Orelle | 73 | 119 km N | 324 | 39 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villarodin-Bourget | 73 | 119 km N | 499 | 35.5 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 80 % · humidity 100 % |
| Algajola | 2B | 251 km SE | 363 | 52.3 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 % |
| Speloncato | 2B | 261 km SE | 261 | 28.2 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 0 % · humidity 36 % |
| Gavarnie-Gèdre | 65 | 551 km W | 340 | 38.6 | Few services | Similar summers, milder winters.summer 92 % · winter 22 % |
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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 Beauvezer'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gresse-en-Vercors | 38 | 117 km NW | 351 | 53.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Sauveur-Camprieu | 30 | 249 km W | 207 | 40.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Léger-les-Mélèzes | 05 | 64 km NW | 373 | 47.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Serverette | 48 | 262 km W | 261 | 33.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Mijoux | 01 | 252 km N | 299 | 41.2 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Nicolas-la-Chapelle | 73 | 185 km N | 502 | 45.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 % |
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