Beslon

Identity

Beslon (INSEE 50048) is in Manche (50), part of CC de Villedieu Intercom. Population 562 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/50048-beslon

Vitality score

Vitality score 26.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 45 % of the 17,427 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.

Services

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

1 × Restaurant (LE BESLONAIS). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE). ^[3]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

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

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

Population 547 (2012) → 562 (2023): 2.7 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 500 (1990) → 562 (2023): 12.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 309, of which 10.4 % second homes and 8.7 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (La Chapelle-Cécelin): 4.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (La Colombe): 4.1 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny): 5.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Beslon): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE weather station, 7.9 km away at 268 m; the village itself is at 145 m. ^[12]

The village sits 123 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BRECEY, 13.4 km away at 63 m, over 15 summers. ^[12]

That station sits 82 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[12]

An average of 1,391 mm of rain a year, spread over 165 days — about 8.4 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at COULOUVRAY-BOISBENATRE, 7.9 km away at 268 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50048/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50048/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50048/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 50048/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50121
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50137
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50639
11. INSEE BPE 2025 — 50048
12. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024