Beauzac

Haute-Loire · CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron · INSEE 43025

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

Served 60.8/100 · confidence: medium· Better served than 90 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beauzac (INSEE 43025) is in Haute-Loire (43), part of CC Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. Population 2,954 (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 · Commune website 2026-10-24.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/43025-beauzac

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: medium (sources disagree on Restaurant).

Better served than 90 % of the 7,209 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.85	20	16.95
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.66	10	6.56
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.66	5	3.32

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 1 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) (LA SYMPHONIE DES SAVEURS BEAUZACOIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (VIVAL). ^[3,4]

5 × Restaurant (LES PECHEURS · GPS · LA VIEILLE FERME DE VIVATS · LE BOSPHORE · L'INEDIT). ^[3,4]

3 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH). ^[3]

5 × GP (médecin généraliste) (ANNE-SOPHIE CLEMENÇON, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ GOUTTEFANGEAS, MÉDECIN · MARLYNE CHANGEA, MÉDECIN · BLANDINE MICHEL, MÉDECIN · JULIE CHARBONNIER, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

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

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

1 × Library (MEDIATHEQUE LA PARENTHÈSE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE MULTISPORTS). ^[3]

4 × Hairdresser (LES CISEAUX D'EMLYN). ^[3,4]

1 × Hotel (L'AIR DU TEMPS). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). ^[4,3]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA SYMPHONIE DES SAVEURS BEAUZACOIS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	VIVAL	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	5	LES PECHEURS · GPS · LA VIEILLE FERME DE VIVATS · LE BOSPHORE · L'INEDIT	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 11 [3,4]
Café / bar	3		INSEE SIRENE 3 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PUBLIQUE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPH	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	5	ANNE-SOPHIE CLEMENÇON, MÉDECIN · CHLOÉ GOUTTEFANGEAS, MÉDECIN · MARLYNE CHANGEA, MÉDECIN · BLANDINE MICHEL, MÉDECIN · JULIE CHARBONNIER, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 5 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DE LA MADELEINE	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	BEAUZAC LPAC AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	MEDIATHEQUE LA PARENTHÈSE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE MULTISPORTS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	4	LES CISEAUX D'EMLYN	INSEE BPE 4 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	1	L'AIR DU TEMPS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 1,472 2023: 2,954 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,755 (2012) → 2,954 (2023): 7.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,955 (1990) → 2,954 (2023): 51.1 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,757, of which 16.8 % second homes and 9.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy 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 (Beauzac): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beauzac): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beauzac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beauzac): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Beauzac): 0.1 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 29.2

Days at or below 0 °C 100.1▸

Muggy days a summer 0.5

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 29 days a year at or above 30 °C and 100 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BAS-EN-BASSET weather station, 7.1 km away at 446 m; the village itself is at 555 m. ^[9]

The village sits 109 m above 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at MONISTROL-SUR-LOIRE, 12 km away at 777 m, over 30 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 222 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 770 mm of rain a year, spread over 104 days — about 7.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at ST-MAURICE-DE-L, 4 km away at 480 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

sources disagree on Restaurant

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43025/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43025/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43025/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 43025/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 43025
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
Seillans	83	271 km SE	2,941	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Plounévez-Lochrist	29	733 km NW	2,281	47.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · humidity 100 %
Briscous	64	476 km SW	2,965	61.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 14 % · humidity 0 %
Villefranque	64	486 km SW	3,069	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Corseul	22	596 km NW	2,331	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 %
Gambais	78	432 km NW	2,574	51.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Seillans	83	271 km SE	2,941	52.5	Partly served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 16 % · humidity 93 %
Gambais	78	432 km NW	2,574	51.2	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 27 % · humidity 79 %
Briscous	64	476 km SW	2,965	61.7	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 14 % · humidity 0 %
Villefranque	64	486 km SW	3,069	46.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 59 % · winter 0 % · humidity 0 %
Corseul	22	596 km NW	2,331	45.1	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 44 % · winter 14 % · humidity 100 %
Plounévez-Lochrist	29	733 km NW	2,281	47.7	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 28 % · winter 0 % · 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 Beauzac'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
Villages du Lac de Paladru	38	116 km E	2,598	54.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Belmont-de-la-Loire	42	103 km N	1,410	46.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 85 % · humidity 100 %
Langeac	43	51 km W	3,499	54.8	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Sainte-Hélène-sur-Isère	73	178 km E	1,248	38.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Entrelacs	73	155 km NE	6,461	62.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Paul-des-Landes	15	144 km W	1,542	52.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 85 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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