Beaulieu

Haute-Loire · CA du Puy-en-Velay · INSEE 43021

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

Partly served 47.3/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 77 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaulieu (INSEE 43021) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CA du Puy-en-Velay. Population 1,096 (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/43021-beaulieu

Vitality score

Vitality score 47.3/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 77 % of the 13,772 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	0.39	25	9.84
Social	0.39	20	7.77
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.81	10	8.11
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.23

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 of 6

Eating out 1 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, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie). ^[3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LES HALLES DU GOUT). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (LES GITES DU PONT BLANC · LA PIZZA DE L'EMBLAVEZ · CHEZ T'CHUCK'S). ^[3,4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LA CROISEE DES CHEMINS). ^[3]

1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ELISE NERVE, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Hairdresser (MARIE). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), Pharmacy. ^[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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LES HALLES DU GOUT	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	3	LES GITES DU PONT BLANC · LA PIZZA DE L'EMBLAVEZ · CHEZ T'CHUCK'S	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE SIMONE VEIL · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE LA CROISEE DES CHEMINS	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	1	ELISE NERVE, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 1 [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	BEAULIEU AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHEQUE 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	MARIE	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: 570 2023: 1,096 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 973 (2012) → 1,096 (2023): 12.6 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 836 (1990) → 1,096 (2023): 31.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 623, of which 7.7 % second homes and 16.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, GP Food shop — 2.7 km NPharmacy — 3.9 km E 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 (Beaulieu): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaulieu): 2.7 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaulieu): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Rosières): 3.9 km to the east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Beaulieu): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 25.3

Days at or below 0 °C 70.2

Muggy days a summer 0.1

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 25 days a year at or above 30 °C and 70 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LE PUY-CHADRAC weather station, 9 km away at 714 m; the village itself is at 583 m. ^[10]

The village sits 131 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. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 9 km away at 714 m, over 29 summers. ^[10]

That station sits 131 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[10]

An average of 615 mm of rain a year, spread over 87 days — about 7.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LE PUY-CHADRAC, 9 km away at 714 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 — 43021/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43021/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43021/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43021/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43021
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43165
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
Lacq	64	410 km SW	1,036	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %
Nébouzat	63	104 km NW	867	61.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Viglain	45	315 km NW	849	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Meillonnas	01	166 km NE	1,426	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	302 km N	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Bétaille	46	175 km W	1,058	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 61 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Nébouzat	63	104 km NW	867	61.7	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 46 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 %
Meillonnas	01	166 km NE	1,426	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 79 %
Bétaille	46	175 km W	1,058	42.8	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.summer 74 % · winter 61 %
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	302 km N	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Viglain	45	315 km NW	849	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Lacq	64	410 km SW	1,036	46.5	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 41 % · humidity 0 %

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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 Beaulieu'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
Viglain	45	315 km NW	849	55.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Le Montsaugeonnais	52	302 km N	1,140	54.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Palinges	71	160 km N	1,405	40	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %
Thiel-sur-Acolin	03	158 km N	1,027	34.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Varennes-Changy	45	320 km N	1,503	43.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Broût-Vernet	03	129 km NW	1,217	48.2	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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