Beffes

Cher · CC Berry-Loire-Vauvise · INSEE 18025

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

Partly served 44.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 87 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beffes (INSEE 18025) is in Cher (18), part of CC Berry-Loire-Vauvise. Population 602 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). ^[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/18025-beffes

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.9/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 87 % of the 17,066 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.43	10	4.35
Housing mix	0.86	5	4.3

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 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) (SARL BRUNET). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

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

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ARNAUD BILLET, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (MAIRIE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	SARL BRUNET	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	PROXIMARCHE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE DES TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ARNAUD BILLET, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BEFFES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE	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	2		INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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	MAIRIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 637 peak 2007: 692 2023: 602 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 684 (2012) → 602 (2023): -12 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 644 (1990) → 602 (2023): -6.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 373, of which 7 % second homes and 12.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP Pharmacy — 3.1 km S 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 (Beffes): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beffes): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beffes): 0.3 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Marseilles-lès-Aubigny): 3.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Beffes): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 14.9

Days at or below 0 °C 55

Muggy days a summer 3.2

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 15 days a year at or above 30 °C and 55 days at or below 0 °C, over 20 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the SEVRY weather station, 16.1 km away at 205 m; the village itself is at 164 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at SEVRY, 16.1 km away at 205 m, over 20 summers. ^[10]

An average of 843 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 6.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at SANCERGUES, 10.1 km away at 178 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 — 18025/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18025/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18025/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18025/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18025
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18139
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
Pont-en-Royans	38	289 km SE	805	67.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Acy-en-Multien	60	224 km N	821	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude	39	224 km E	678	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Désert	71	135 km E	896	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Poissons	52	222 km NE	618	33.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Lehaucourt	02	315 km N	822	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Désert	71	135 km E	896	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Poissons	52	222 km NE	618	33.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 84 % · humidity 86 %
Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude	39	224 km E	678	39.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 85 % · winter 84 % · humidity 79 %
Acy-en-Multien	60	224 km N	821	50.7	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Pont-en-Royans	38	289 km SE	805	67.4	Served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Lehaucourt	02	315 km N	822	44.9	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 88 % · humidity 86 %

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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 Beffes'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
Saint-Désert	71	135 km E	896	56.4	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %
Azé	41	173 km NW	971	46.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Mézières-en-Drouais	28	217 km NW	1,059	33.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %
Valence-en-Brie	77	151 km N	1,007	44.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Bellot	77	198 km N	777	50.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Einville-au-Jard	54	312 km NE	1,053	33.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 %

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