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Beaumont

Haute-Loire · CC Brioude Sud Auvergne · INSEE 43022

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school.

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 78 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaumont (INSEE 43022) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Brioude Sud Auvergne. Population 268 (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/43022-beaumont

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 78 % of the 17,504 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.

ComponentValue (0–1)WeightContribution
Daily food0250
Social0.632012.64
Education0100
Health0100
Public & culture0.3251.58
Population trend0.66106.6
Housing mix0.7653.81

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6
Eating out 1 of 1
Cafés and bars 1 of 1
Schools 0 of 3
Health 0 of 4
Public services 0 of 1
Culture 1 of 2
Sport 0 of 2
Everyday services 0 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”.

Somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop and no school. [3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA CARLINGUE). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar. [4]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PLACE DE LA MAIRIE). [3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), Primary school (élémentaire), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale. [3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)0INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant1LA CARLINGUEINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Café / bar1INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library1BIBLIOTHÈQUE MUNICIPALE PLACE DE LA MAIRIEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel0INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite0INSEE 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: 188 peak 2017: 286 2023: 268 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 271 (2012) → 268 (2023): -1.1 % over 10 years. [5,1]

Population 231 (1990) → 268 (2023): 16 % over 30 years. [6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 159, of which 11.9 % second homes and 8.8 % vacant. [7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 kmPrimary school — 1.5 km S (Paulhac)GP — 2.2 km E (Brioude)Bakery — 2.4 km E (Cohade)Food shop — 2.5 km E (Cohade)Pharmacy — 2.6 km E (Brioude)
Primary school — 1.5 km SGP — 2.2 km EBakery — 2.4 km EFood shop — 2.5 km EPharmacy — 2.6 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 (Cohade): 2.4 km to the east (straight line). [8]

Food shop (Cohade): 2.5 km to the east (straight line). [8]

GP (Brioude): 2.2 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Brioude): 2.6 km to the east (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Paulhac): 1.5 km to the south (straight line). [10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

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 33 days a year at or above 30 °C and 78 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. [11]

Measured at the FONTANNES weather station, 6.2 km away at 435 m; the village itself is at 452 m. [11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. [11]

Humidity measured at FONTANNES, 6.2 km away at 435 m, over 30 summers. [11]

An average of 634 mm of rain a year, spread over 94 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [11]

Rainfall measured at BRIOUDE, 2.8 km away at 434 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43022/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43022/2012
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43022/1990
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43022/logement/2023
  8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43074
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43040
  10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 43147
  11. 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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Logrian-Florian30160 km S27032.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Bidon07141 km SE25431.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Guiraud34182 km S26725.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %
Auxelles-Haut90377 km NE28724Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Moulins-sur-Céphons36234 km NW27716.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Bauzy41281 km NW27035.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Order by distance instead
CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Bidon07141 km SE25431.6Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 93 %
Logrian-Florian30160 km S27032.7Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 21 % · winter 54 % · humidity 57 %
Saint-Guiraud34182 km S26725.3Few servicesWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 35 % · humidity 57 %
Moulins-sur-Céphons36234 km NW27716.8No daily shopsCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 86 %
Bauzy41281 km NW27035.9Few servicesCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 70 % · humidity 86 %
Auxelles-Haut90377 km NE28724Few servicesCooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 36 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %

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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 Beaumont'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.

CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Couteuges4318 km SE28633.8Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Boudes6320 km NW26039Few servicesMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Vincelottes89267 km N28517.6No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Jussy89268 km N35118.9No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Martin-de-Vaulserre38184 km E24616.1No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 86 %
Médière25345 km NE28117No daily shopsMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 86 %