Beauvène

Identity

Beauvène (INSEE 07030) is in Ardèche (07), part of CA Privas Centre Ardèche. Population 204 (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/07030-beauvene

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 63 % of the 16,069 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BOULANGERIE PATISSERIE \ LES GOURMANDS DISENT). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (O SALON). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant.

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 240 (2012) → 204 (2023): -15 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 221 (1990) → 204 (2023): -7.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 207, of which 47.3 % second homes and 2.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Beauvène): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Gluiras): 3.4 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Pierreville): 6.6 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Le Cheylard): 6.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[11]

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

Climate

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the GLUIRAS RAD weather station, 4.2 km away at 760 m; the village itself is at 402 m. ^[12]

The village sits 358 m below 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. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at GLUIRAS RAD, 4.2 km away at 760 m, over 20 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 358 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,198 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 12.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at GLUIRAS RAD, 4.2 km away at 760 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07030/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07030/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07030/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 07030/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07030
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07096
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07286
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 07064
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024