Beire-le-Châtel

Côte-d'Or · CC Mirebellois et Fontenois · INSEE 21056

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

Partly served 44.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beire-le-Châtel (INSEE 21056) is in Côte-d'Or (21), part of CC Mirebellois et Fontenois. Population 921 (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/21056-beire-le-chatel

Vitality score

Vitality score 44.8/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 14,839 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	0.43	20	8.65
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.93	5	4.66

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 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) (MAISON GASNIER BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE). ^[3,4]

2 × Restaurant (WOODSTRUCK). ^[3,4]

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

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

1 × Post office / agence postale (BEIRE LE CHATEL RP). ^[3]

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

1 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE ET STYLE). ^[3,4]

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MAISON GASNIER BOULANGERIE-PATISSERIE	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	2	WOODSTRUCK	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE 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	BEIRE LE CHATEL RP	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	1	COIFFURE ET STYLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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: 502 2023: 921 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 806 (2012) → 921 (2023): 14.3 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 539 (1990) → 921 (2023): 70.9 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 406, of which 3.4 % second homes and 7.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school GP — 5.6 km WPharmacy — 5.7 km WFood shop — 5.9 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 (Beire-le-Châtel): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saint-Julien): 5.9 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Julien): 5.6 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Julien): 5.7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Beire-le-Châtel): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 18.8

Days at or below 0 °C 75.5

Muggy days a summer 1.1

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 19 days a year at or above 30 °C and 76 days at or below 0 °C, over 16 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the QUETIGNY weather station, 12.3 km away at 217 m; the village itself is at 244 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at TIL-CHATEL_SAPC, 14.7 km away at 283 m, over 18 summers. ^[10]

An average of 822 mm of rain a year, spread over 122 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at BEIRE LE CHATEL, 0.2 km away at 250 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 — 21056/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21056/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21056/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 21056/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21056
INSEE BPE 2025 — 21555
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
Bliesbruck	57	239 km NE	961	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Pompain	79	454 km W	949	40.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 28 % · humidity 79 %
Dounoux	88	120 km NE	880	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Bonneuil-en-Valois	60	265 km NW	986	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Crevant-Laveine	63	218 km SW	967	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Louzac-Saint-André	16	469 km W	946	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Dounoux	88	120 km NE	880	40	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Crevant-Laveine	63	218 km SW	967	41.9	Partly served	Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Bliesbruck	57	239 km NE	961	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Bonneuil-en-Valois	60	265 km NW	986	41.3	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 82 % · winter 65 %
Saint-Pompain	79	454 km W	949	40.6	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 87 % · winter 28 % · humidity 79 %
Louzac-Saint-André	16	469 km W	946	34.5	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 85 % · winter 36 % · humidity 57 %

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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 Beire-le-Châtel'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
Bliesbruck	57	239 km NE	961	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 100 %
Chambost-Longessaigne	69	193 km S	930	40.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Vanosc	07	249 km S	907	42.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Ornacieux-Balbins	38	224 km S	876	42.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Espinasse-Vozelle	03	202 km SW	995	36.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Jean-Rohrbach	57	218 km NE	960	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %

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