Beaulieu

Ardèche · CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes · INSEE 07028

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

Few services 37.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 76 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaulieu (INSEE 07028) is in Ardèche (07), part of CC Pays des Vans en Cévennes. Population 544 (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/07028-beaulieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 37.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 76 % of the 17,545 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.96	10	9.58
Housing mix	0.24	5	1.18

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

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

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL DE LA PLAINE). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA GARE AUX SAVEURS). ^[3,4]

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

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

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

1 × Campsite (CAMPING PONT DE MAISONNEUVE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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	FOURNIL DE LA PLAINE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	1	LA GARE AUX SAVEURS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	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	BEAULIEU AP	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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING PONT DE MAISONNEUVE	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: 418 2023: 544 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 469 (2012) → 544 (2023): 16 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 373 (1990) → 544 (2023): 45.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 445, of which 38.2 % second homes and 3.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.2 km NEGP — 7.0 km SWPharmacy — 7.0 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 (Beaulieu): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Grospierres): 4.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Saint-Paul-le-Jeune): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Beaulieu): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 56.7▸

Days at or below 0 °C 60.5

Muggy days a summer 4.3

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 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 61 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the GROSPIERRES SA weather station, 7.5 km away at 107 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at GROSPIERRES SA, 7.5 km away at 107 m, over 26 summers. ^[11]

An average of 1,008 mm of rain a year, spread over 78 days — about 12.9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at BESSAS, 5.7 km away at 251 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07028/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07028/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07028/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07028/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07028
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 07280
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
Payzac	07	12 km NW	539	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Pont-de-Labeaume	07	34 km N	567	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Faugères	34	122 km SW	548	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-André-d'Embrun	05	184 km E	705	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %
Lussan	30	25 km SE	545	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Prémian	34	146 km SW	479	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Payzac	07	12 km NW	539	37	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 31 % · winter 41 % · humidity 79 %
Lussan	30	25 km SE	545	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Pont-de-Labeaume	07	34 km N	567	34.2	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 62 % · humidity 93 %
Faugères	34	122 km SW	548	39.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Prémian	34	146 km SW	479	41.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 32 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-André-d'Embrun	05	184 km E	705	40.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 8 % · winter 45 % · humidity 71 %

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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 Beaulieu'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
Lussan	30	25 km SE	545	34.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Chandolas	07	4.9 km N	547	43.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Sébastien-d'Aigrefeuille	30	34 km SW	513	30.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Flaux	30	44 km SE	336	29.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Mialet	30	36 km SW	628	47.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Privat-de-Champclos	30	13 km SE	324	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %

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