Beaumarchés
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink.
Few services 29.5/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 45 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Beaumarchés (INSEE 32036) is in Gers (32), part of CC Bastides et Vallons du Gers. Population 689 (2023). [1]
INSEE density class: Rural à habitat très dispersé (level 7). [2]
Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.
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Vitality score
Vitality score 29.5/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).
Better served than 45 % of the 16,450 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 | 20 | 0 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Public & culture | 0.32 | 5 | 1.58 |
| Population trend | 0.76 | 10 | 7.55 |
| Housing mix | 0.86 | 5 | 4.32 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop and a school, but nowhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
1 × Bakery (boulangerie). [3,4]
1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × Post office / agence postale (BEAUMARCHES APC AP). [3]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Hotel.
Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Library. [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 1 | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] | |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 3 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Café / bar | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 0 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 1 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE 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 | BEAUMARCHES APC AP | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3] | |
| 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
Population 679 (2012) → 689 (2023): 1.5 % over 10 years. [5,1]
Population 549 (1990) → 689 (2023): 25.5 % over 30 years. [6,1]
Dwellings (2023): 399, of which 6.8 % second homes and 9.3 % vacant. [7]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Beaumarchés): 0 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Food shop (Plaisance): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
GP (Plaisance): 3.7 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Plaisance): 4.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Beaumarchés): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [8]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 18 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the PEYRUSSE-GRANDE weather station, 11.2 km away at 254 m; the village itself is at 175 m. [10]
The village sits 79 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.7 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 10 days a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at PEYRUSSE-GRANDE, 11.2 km away at 254 m, over 30 summers. [10]
That station sits 79 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.26 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. [10]
An average of 851 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MARCIAC, 8.1 km away at 152 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
sources disagree on Restaurant
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32036/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32036/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32036/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 32036/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32036
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 32319
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coulaures | 24 | 204 km N | 768 | 26.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Chapelle-Voland | 39 | 547 km NE | 638 | 25.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 % |
| Rigny-sur-Arroux | 71 | 451 km NE | 613 | 32.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 36 % |
| Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly | 50 | 611 km N | 637 | 33.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 % |
| Grazac | 81 | 129 km E | 650 | 29.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Rouez | 72 | 507 km N | 804 | 30.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 % |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grazac | 81 | 129 km E | 650 | 29.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 78 % · humidity 64 % |
| Coulaures | 24 | 204 km N | 768 | 26.4 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 77 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 % |
| Rigny-sur-Arroux | 71 | 451 km NE | 613 | 32.8 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 92 % · winter 51 % · humidity 36 % |
| Rouez | 72 | 507 km N | 804 | 30.2 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 51 % · winter 95 % · humidity 36 % |
| Chapelle-Voland | 39 | 547 km NE | 638 | 25.9 | Few services | Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 90 % · winter 46 % · humidity 50 % |
| Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly | 50 | 611 km N | 637 | 33.1 | Few services | Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel drier.summer 36 % · winter 97 % · humidity 36 % |
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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 Beaumarchés'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madaillan | 47 | 86 km NE | 648 | 22.2 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Marsolan | 32 | 54 km NE | 438 | 20.7 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 % |
| Grézet-Cavagnan | 47 | 89 km N | 409 | 22.8 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 % |
| Montpezat | 47 | 92 km N | 566 | 44.4 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pazayac | 24 | 199 km NE | 811 | 36 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 % |
| Miradoux | 32 | 71 km NE | 530 | 39.3 | Few services | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
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