Le Béage

Ardèche · CC Montagne d'Ardèche · INSEE 07026

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 26.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 75 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Le Béage (INSEE 07026) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Montagne d'Ardèche. Population 254 (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/07026-le-beage

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 75 % of the 17,293 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	0.42	25	10.54
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.22	10	2.22
Housing mix	0.11	5	0.54

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). ^[3]

1 × Hotel (HOTEL BEAUSEJOUR). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE	INSEE BPE 1 [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	1	HOTEL BEAUSEJOUR	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 640 2023: 254 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 285 (2012) → 254 (2023): -10.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 352 (1990) → 254 (2023): -27.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 314, of which 44.6 % second homes and 16.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 2.6 km NEBakery — 3.2 km SWGP — 12.7 km SWPharmacy — 12.7 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Le Béage): 3.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Le Béage): 2.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Coucouron): 12.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Coucouron): 12.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Le Béage): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 2.6▸

Days at or below 0 °C 140.2▸

Muggy days a summer 0

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 3 days a year at or above 30 °C and 140 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the CROS GEORAND weather station, 7.8 km away at 1,021 m; the village itself is at 1,188 m. ^[10]

The village sits 167 m above the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 6.06 °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 MAZAN ABBAYE RAD, 13.1 km away at 1,240 m, over 22 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 52 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 1,177 mm of rain a year, spread over 116 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BEAGE, 0.4 km away at 1,225 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07026/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07026/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07026/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07026/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07071
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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
La Bastide-d'Engras	30	89 km S	205	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Bellegarde-en-Marche	23	190 km NW	355	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Cruzy-le-Châtel	89	335 km N	222	15.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont	73	150 km NE	383	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Fontenoy	89	318 km N	305	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Entraigues	38	144 km E	225	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
La Bastide-d'Engras	30	89 km S	205	26.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Entraigues	38	144 km E	225	34	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 66 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Entremont	73	150 km NE	383	43.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 28 % · humidity 100 %
Bellegarde-en-Marche	23	190 km NW	355	32.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %
Fontenoy	89	318 km N	305	29.9	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 86 %
Cruzy-le-Châtel	89	335 km N	222	15.7	No daily shops	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 0 % · humidity 93 %

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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 Le Béage'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
Lajoux	39	223 km NE	287	29.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Molines-en-Queyras	05	215 km E	307	46.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Étival	39	226 km NE	302	15.3	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Point-Lac	25	276 km NE	306	22	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Le Noyer	73	178 km NE	230	33.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Les Grangettes	25	278 km NE	334	12.8	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %

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