Beaucaire
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 65.1/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 65 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Beaucaire (INSEE 30032) is in Gard (30), part of CC Beaucaire Terre d'Argence. Population 15,692 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Centres urbains intermédiaires (level 2). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026 · Commune website 2026-10-24.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/30032-beaucaire
Vitality score
Vitality score 65.1/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 65 % of the 1,554 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 | 0.6 | 25 | 15.09 |
| Social | 0.88 | 20 | 17.67 |
| Education | 0.58 | 10 | 5.83 |
| Health | 0.46 | 10 | 4.61 |
| Public & culture | 0.12 | 5 | 0.59 |
| Population trend | 0.67 | 10 | 6.71 |
| Housing mix | 0.97 | 5 | 4.84 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
10 × Bakery (boulangerie) (SARL MOREBIS · LES DELICES DE SAINT ROMAN · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE). [3,4]
5 × Butcher (boucherie) (GAZELLE · SARL DU SUD · LA MAISON DU TAUREAU BY ALAZARD & ROUX · LA GARDOISE · BOUCHERIE 2 FRERES). [3,4]
8 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (CARMANDIS · AKAURAH · SUPERMARKET DU QUAI · PRODUCTOS LATINOS · SUPERMARKET LE QUAI). [3,4]
3 × Supermarket (LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR). [3,4]
1 × Fishmonger (LAAMARTI ABDELKARIM). [3,4]
37 × Restaurant (BOYER LISETTE · LES FONTETES · MAIMONE LUIGI · RAPHAEL). [3,4]
12 × Café / bar (BAR DES HALLES · MAS DES PERRETTES CHRISTOPHE TESTUD EVENTS · BA TABAC DU PONT · LES VOILES ANCIENNEMENT LE NAUTIC · TABAC DU PONT). [4]
4 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE LA MOULINELLE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUECH CABRIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CHATEAU · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CONDAMINE). [3]
7 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA MOULINELLE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONDAMINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB PUECH CABRIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB NATIONALE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PREFECTURE). [3]
3 × Collège (COLLEGE EUGENE VIGNE · COLLEGE ELSA TRIOLET · COLLEGE D ALZON ST FELIX). [3]
6 × GP (médecin généraliste) (SYLVIE RICARD, MÉDECIN · FRANCOISE SCHIANO, MÉDECIN · OUDAO SOUVANNAVONG, MÉDECIN · CLAUDE ROQUES, MÉDECIN · MICHEL ARPIN, MÉDECIN). [3]
4 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE LAGET · PHARMACIE GENIEYS · PHARMACIE TERRIN - VIGNAUD · SELAS UGERNUM). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BEAUCAIRE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
3 × Gym / sports hall (LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL PAUL LANGEVIN · HALLE DES SPORTS DE BEAUCAIRE · COLLEGE EUGENE VIGNE). [3]
7 × Bank (CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD · BNP PARIBAS). [3]
32 × Hairdresser (COAF · COIFFURE PASSION). [3,4]
5 × Fuel station (STATION SERVICE). [3,4]
2 × Hotel (DOMAINE DES CLOS · HÔTEL LES VIGNES BLANCHES). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Bakery (boulangerie), 3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 16 × Restaurant, 1 × Pharmacy, 1 × Bank, 4 × Hairdresser.
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 10 | SARL MOREBIS · LES DELICES DE SAINT ROMAN · BOULANGERIE MARIE BLACHERE | INSEE BPE 10 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 5 | GAZELLE · SARL DU SUD · LA MAISON DU TAUREAU BY ALAZARD & ROUX · LA GARDOISE · BOUCHERIE 2 FRERES | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 9 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 8 | CARMANDIS · AKAURAH · SUPERMARKET DU QUAI · PRODUCTOS LATINOS · SUPERMARKET LE QUAI | INSEE BPE 8 / INSEE SIRENE 15 [3,4] |
| Supermarket | 3 | LIDL · ALDI MARCHE · CARREFOUR | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Cheese shop (fromagerie) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Fishmonger | 1 | LAAMARTI ABDELKARIM | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Restaurant | 37 | BOYER LISETTE · LES FONTETES · MAIMONE LUIGI · RAPHAEL | INSEE BPE 37 / INSEE SIRENE 76 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 12 | BAR DES HALLES · MAS DES PERRETTES CHRISTOPHE TESTUD EVENTS · BA TABAC DU PONT · LES VOILES ANCIENNEMENT LE NAUTIC · TABAC DU PONT | INSEE SIRENE 12 [4] |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 4 | ECOLE MATERNELLE LA MOULINELLE · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUECH CABRIER · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CHATEAU · ECOLE MATERNELLE PUBLIQUE CONDAMINE | INSEE BPE 4 [3] |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 7 | ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE LA MOULINELLE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE CONDAMINE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB PUECH CABRIER · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUB NATIONALE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PREFECTURE | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Collège | 3 | COLLEGE EUGENE VIGNE · COLLEGE ELSA TRIOLET · COLLEGE D ALZON ST FELIX | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 6 | SYLVIE RICARD, MÉDECIN · FRANCOISE SCHIANO, MÉDECIN · OUDAO SOUVANNAVONG, MÉDECIN · CLAUDE ROQUES, MÉDECIN · MICHEL ARPIN, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 6 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 4 | PHARMACIE LAGET · PHARMACIE GENIEYS · PHARMACIE TERRIN - VIGNAUD · SELAS UGERNUM | INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Nurse | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Dentist | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Post office / agence postale | 1 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BEAUCAIRE BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Cinema | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Gym / sports hall | 3 | LYCEE PROFESSIONNEL PAUL LANGEVIN · HALLE DES SPORTS DE BEAUCAIRE · COLLEGE EUGENE VIGNE | INSEE BPE 3 [3] |
| Swimming pool | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Bank | 7 | CAISSE EPARGNE PREVOYANCE LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DU LANGUEDOC · SOCIETE GENERALE · BANQUE POPULAIRE DU SUD · BNP PARIBAS | INSEE BPE 7 [3] |
| Hairdresser | 32 | COAF · COIFFURE PASSION | INSEE BPE 32 / INSEE SIRENE 41 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 5 | STATION SERVICE | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Hotel | 2 | DOMAINE DES CLOS · HÔTEL LES VIGNES BLANCHES | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4] |
| Campsite | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] |
Market and village life
Weekly market (reported, unverified): Thursday, Sunday Place Clemenceau et cours Gambetta. [5]
Trajectory
Population 15,860 (2012) → 15,692 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 13,400 (1990) → 15,692 (2023): 17.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 7,913, of which 1.6 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Beaucaire): 0.3 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Beaucaire): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Beaucaire): 0.2 km to the west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Beaucaire): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Beaucaire): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 57 days a year at or above 30 °C and 17 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the TARASCON weather station, 2.5 km away at 15 m; the village itself is at 8 m. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at TARASCON, 2.5 km away at 15 m, over 30 summers. [10]
An average of 633 mm of rain a year, spread over 59 days — about 10.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at TARASCON, 2.5 km away at 15 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
What property sold for
565 houses sold between 2021 and 2025, at a median of 210,000 € — 2,021 € per m² of built surface. [11]
475 flats sold over the same window, at a median of 85,000 € — 1,121 € per m². [11]
The median across Gard is 2,338 € per m², so this commune sits below it. [11]
These are recorded sale prices, not valuations or asking prices, and a median over five years spans five different markets. Built surface excludes land, which carries much of a rural property's value.
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30032/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- Commune website 2026-10— https://www.beaucaire.fr/notre-ville/infos-tourisme/notre-marche-hebdomadaire/— “Chaque jeudi et dimanche (Place Clemenceau et cours Gambetta)”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30032/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30032/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 30032/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 30032
- Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024
- DVF (DGFiP property transactions) 2021-2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toul | 54 | 550 km N | 15,768 | 64.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 % |
| Longwy | 54 | 640 km N | 15,679 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 36 % |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 01 | 246 km N | 15,934 | 66.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 36 % · humidity 36 % |
| Elbeuf | 76 | 670 km NW | 15,474 | 71.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 % |
| Hayange | 57 | 624 km N | 15,806 | 58.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 31 % |
| Montivilliers | 76 | 723 km NW | 15,478 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey | 01 | 246 km N | 15,934 | 66.5 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 23 % · winter 36 % · humidity 36 % |
| Toul | 54 | 550 km N | 15,768 | 64.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 54 % · humidity 36 % |
| Hayange | 57 | 624 km N | 15,806 | 58.9 | Partly served | Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 0 % · winter 31 % |
| Longwy | 54 | 640 km N | 15,679 | 66.4 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 55 % · humidity 36 % |
| Elbeuf | 76 | 670 km NW | 15,474 | 71.8 | Served | Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 80 % · humidity 43 % |
| Montivilliers | 76 | 723 km NW | 15,478 | 56.6 | Partly served | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 0 % · winter 99 % · humidity 43 % |
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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 Beaucaire'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-Gilles | 30 | 22 km SW | 14,734 | 58.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Berre-l'Étang | 13 | 56 km SE | 13,832 | 57.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Châteauneuf-les-Martigues | 13 | 63 km SE | 18,455 | 63.8 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Vauvert | 30 | 32 km SW | 11,671 | 58.1 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Gignac-la-Nerthe | 13 | 66 km SE | 10,343 | 50 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 % |
| Miramas | 13 | 38 km SE | 26,203 | 75.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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