Bésayes

Drôme · CA Valence Romans Agglo · INSEE 26049

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

Few services 30.6/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 22 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Bésayes (INSEE 26049) is in Drôme (26), part of CA Valence Romans Agglo. Population 1,370 (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/26049-besayes

Vitality score

Vitality score 30.6/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 22 % of the 12,266 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	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.97	5	4.83

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 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 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 and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (L'EPICENTRE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DE LA BARBEROLLE). ^[3,4]

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

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE BÉSAYES). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (COIFFURE MIXTE CORINNE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	L'EPICENTRE	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	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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	1	PHARMACIE DE LA BARBEROLLE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BESAYES AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE COMMUNALE BÉSAYES	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	3	COIFFURE MIXTE CORINNE	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [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: 520 2023: 1,370 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,138 (2012) → 1,370 (2023): 20.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 762 (1990) → 1,370 (2023): 79.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 591, of which 1.7 % second homes and 5.2 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 3.1 km NEBakery — 4.1 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 (Alixan): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Bésayes): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Marches): 3.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Bésayes): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Bésayes): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 35.2

Days at or below 0 °C 38.3

Muggy days a summer 3.1

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 35 days a year at or above 30 °C and 38 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC weather station, 7.4 km away at 368 m; the village itself is at 248 m. ^[11]

The village sits 120 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. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 3 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC, 7.4 km away at 368 m, over 17 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 120 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 1,016 mm of rain a year, spread over 101 days — about 10.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ROCHEFORT-SAMSON_SAPC, 7.4 km away at 368 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 — 26049/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26049/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26049/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 26049/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26004
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26049
INSEE BPE 2025 — 26173
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
Villiers-en-Lieu	52	412 km N	1,469	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Ohnenheim	67	403 km NE	1,164	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Betz	60	493 km N	1,100	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Lancié	69	137 km N	1,101	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte	44	571 km NW	1,782	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-lès-Domart	80	607 km N	1,809	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lancié	69	137 km N	1,101	27.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 72 % · winter 93 % · humidity 71 %
Ohnenheim	67	403 km NE	1,164	28.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 59 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Villiers-en-Lieu	52	412 km N	1,469	27.3	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Betz	60	493 km N	1,100	32.1	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Mer-Morte	44	571 km NW	1,782	30.9	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 38 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Léger-lès-Domart	80	607 km N	1,809	21.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 26 % · winter 89 % · 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 Bésayes'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
Moissat	63	162 km NW	1,253	31.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Hostun	26	13 km NE	1,037	38.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Charpey	26	2.8 km S	1,547	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Chozeau	38	82 km N	987	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Mas-Grenier	82	331 km W	1,282	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Upie	26	20 km SW	1,556	41.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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