Beauchastel

Ardèche · CA Privas Centre Ardèche · INSEE 07027

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

Partly served 48.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 68 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beauchastel (INSEE 07027) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Privas Centre Ardèche. Population 1,800 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Petites villes (level 3). ^[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 48.2/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 68 % of the 10,301 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.63	20	12.64
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.39	10	3.93
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.73	10	7.31
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.59

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (AU TOURNESOL). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (LE PATIO · NATHALIE SERVICE). ^[3,4]

2 × Café / bar (LA CASA ROMAN · LE CASTELET). ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE PRE VERT). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ERIC LE MOUEL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE BOISSY). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE DE L ILE BLAUD). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (UN MOMENT A SOI). ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING LES VOILIERS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket. ^[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)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	AU TOURNESOL	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	2	LE PATIO · NATHALIE SERVICE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	2	LA CASA ROMAN · LE CASTELET	INSEE SIRENE 2 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LE PRE VERT	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ERIC LE MOUEL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE BOISSY	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1	GYMNASE DE L ILE BLAUD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	2	UN MOMENT A SOI	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING LES VOILIERS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 1,064 peak 2017: 1,822 2023: 1,800 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,747 (2012) → 1,800 (2023): 3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,462 (1990) → 1,800 (2023): 23.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 852, of which 4.1 % second homes and 7.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Food shop — 1.5 km W 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 (Beauchastel): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beauchastel): 1.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beauchastel): 0.3 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beauchastel): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

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

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 49.5▸

Days at or below 0 °C 43.6

Muggy days a summer 2.1

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 50 days a year at or above 30 °C and 44 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the ST-LAURENT PAPE weather station, 4.4 km away at 112 m; the village itself is at 105 m. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at VERNOUX SA, 15.7 km away at 510 m, over 20 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 405 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,011 mm of rain a year, spread over 89 days — about 11.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-LAURENT PAPE, 4.4 km away at 112 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

What property sold for

86 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 171,000 € — 2,047 € per m² of built surface. ^[10]

15 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 140,000 € — 2,258 € per m². ^[10]

The median across Ardèche is 1,839 € per m², so this commune sits above it. ^[10]

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 — 07027/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07027/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07027/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07027/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07027
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
Marcilly-sur-Tille	21	301 km N	1,744	51.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mamert-du-Gard	30	115 km SW	1,604	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Volonne	04	125 km SE	1,633	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Évrecy	14	622 km NW	2,066	62.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · humidity 93 %
Alleins	13	128 km S	2,852	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Fesches-le-Châtel	25	341 km NE	2,129	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Mamert-du-Gard	30	115 km SW	1,604	43.5	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 69 % · winter 100 % · humidity 71 %
Volonne	04	125 km SE	1,633	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Alleins	13	128 km S	2,852	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Marcilly-sur-Tille	21	301 km N	1,744	51.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 15 % · winter 57 % · humidity 93 %
Fesches-le-Châtel	25	341 km NE	2,129	39.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 8 % · winter 62 % · humidity 100 %
Évrecy	14	622 km NW	2,066	62.5	Served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 0 % · winter 78 % · 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 Beauchastel'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
Volonne	04	125 km SE	1,633	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Alleins	13	128 km S	2,852	59.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Privat	07	38 km SW	1,663	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chanas	38	55 km N	2,706	59.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
L'Escale	04	127 km SE	1,427	34	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Arthès	81	228 km SW	2,528	40.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 100 % · humidity 86 %

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