Beaufort-sur-Gervanne
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Partly served 56.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 97 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Beaufort-sur-Gervanne (INSEE 26035) is in Drôme (26), part of CC du Val de Drôme en Biovallée. Population 494 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 56.4/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 97 % of the 17,795 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 | 0.63 | 20 | 12.64 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.32 | 10 | 3.16 |
| Public & culture | 0.63 | 5 | 3.16 |
| Population trend | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Housing mix | 0.42 | 5 | 2.08 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MICHE & BAGUETTE SARL). [3,4]
1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (EPICERIE ASSOCIATIVE GERVANNE-SYE). [3,4]
1 × Restaurant (DOMAINE LA BELLE VERTE). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS SIMOND). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (HELOISE KRIER, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BEAUFORT SUR GERVANNE AP). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE BEAUFORT-SUR-GERVANNE). [3]
1 × Hotel (HÔTEL DU MIDI). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | MICHE & BAGUETTE SARL | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 1 | EPICERIE ASSOCIATIVE GERVANNE-SYE | 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 | 1 | DOMAINE LA BELLE VERTE | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE LOUIS SIMOND | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | HELOISE KRIER, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | BEAUFORT SUR GERVANNE AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE INTERCOMMUNALE BEAUFORT-SUR-GERVANNE | 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 | 1 | HÔTEL DU MIDI | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 441 (2012) → 494 (2023): 12 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 253 (1990) → 494 (2023): 95.3 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 332, of which 29.2 % second homes and 0.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Beaufort-sur-Gervanne): 0.2 km to the north (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Beaufort-sur-Gervanne): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Beaufort-sur-Gervanne): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Aouste-sur-Sye): 9.5 km to the south-west (straight line). [10]
Primary school (Beaufort-sur-Gervanne): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 38 days a year at or above 30 °C and 50 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]
Measured at the BEAUFORT-S-GERV weather station, 0.4 km away at 379 m; the village itself is at 350 m. [11]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. [11]
Humidity measured at COMBOVIN, 7.7 km away at 820 m, over 27 summers. [11]
That station sits 470 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [11]
An average of 921 mm of rain a year, spread over 95 days — about 9.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]
Rainfall measured at BEAUFORT-S-GERV, 0.4 km away at 379 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 — 26035/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2024-10— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/f6169a13-6a40-35a3-90c4-27ba47fe61c5— “Marché”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26035/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26035/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26035/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26035
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 26011
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revest-du-Bion | 04 | 84 km SE | 480 | 54.4 | Partly served | no figures |
| Bouyon | 06 | 190 km SE | 557 | 58 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Igny-de-Vers | 69 | 172 km N | 593 | 60.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Dornecy | 58 | 319 km N | 451 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 % |
| Estaing | 12 | 197 km W | 502 | 57.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vézelay | 89 | 318 km N | 476 | 65.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revest-du-Bion | 04 | 84 km SE | 480 | 54.4 | Partly served | no figures |
| Saint-Igny-de-Vers | 69 | 172 km N | 593 | 60.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 73 % · humidity 93 % |
| Bouyon | 06 | 190 km SE | 557 | 58 | Partly served | Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 33 % · winter 77 % · humidity 86 % |
| Estaing | 12 | 197 km W | 502 | 57.6 | Partly served | Warmer summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Vézelay | 89 | 318 km N | 476 | 65.7 | Served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Dornecy | 58 | 319 km N | 451 | 49.3 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 93 % · 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 Beaufort-sur-Gervanne'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombières-sur-Orb | 34 | 216 km SW | 498 | 43.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 86 % |
| Saint-Sernin-sur-Rance | 12 | 225 km SW | 580 | 61.1 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rasteau | 84 | 62 km S | 813 | 55.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Villedieu | 84 | 55 km S | 507 | 42.9 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Gigondas | 84 | 69 km S | 448 | 44.6 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
| Monteils | 12 | 256 km W | 461 | 39.4 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 % |
Elsewhere
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