Beuil

Identity

Beuil (INSEE 06016) is in Alpes-Maritimes (06), part of CC Alpes d'Azur. Population 483 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/06016-beuil

Vitality score

Vitality score 62.6/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 17,837 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 food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE LA BEUILLOISE). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE DOLCIAMI). ^[3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (DONADEY ANDREE · PROXI). ^[3,4]

7 × Restaurant (LE RESTAURANT · LE LAC DES EGUILLES · LE PRE FLEURI · LE SAPIN BLANC · LE PASSAGE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (MEME GINETTE). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE BEUIL). ^[3]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BEUIL AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BEUIL À L'OFFICE DE TOURISME). ^[3]

2 × Hotel (HOTEL GENEPI · L'ESCAPADE). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (ETOILE DU CIANS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 503 (2012) → 483 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 330 (1990) → 483 (2023): 46.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,142, of which 79 % second homes and 0.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Beuil): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beuil): 0 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Péone): 4.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Guillaumes): 4.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Beuil): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 0 days a year at or above 30 °C and 113 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the PEONE-VALBERG weather station, 4.6 km away at 1,659 m; the village itself is at 1,446 m. ^[11]

The village sits 213 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PEONE, 4.8 km away at 1,784 m, over 22 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 338 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.57 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 987 mm of rain a year, spread over 86 days — about 11.5 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BEUIL-OBS, 0.6 km away at 1,464 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06016/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06016/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06016/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 06016/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06016
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06094
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 06071
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024