Beaulieu

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire · INSEE 63031

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

Few services 20.9/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 31 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaulieu (INSEE 63031) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Agglo Pays d'Issoire. Population 473 (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.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 20.9/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 31 % of the 17,876 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	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.69	10	6.85
Housing mix	0.92	5	4.6

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 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”.

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

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

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [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	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
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	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 [3,4]
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: 400 2023: 473 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 410 (2012) → 473 (2023): 15.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 399 (1990) → 473 (2023): 18.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 276, of which 4 % second homes and 13.4 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 1.6 km EFood shop — 1.6 km EPharmacy — 1.7 km EGP — 4.0 km NW 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 (Auzat-la-Combelle): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Auzat-la-Combelle): 1.6 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saint-Germain-Lembron): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Auzat-la-Combelle): 1.7 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Beaulieu): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 28.2

Days at or below 0 °C 72.1

Muggy days a summer 0.3

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 28 days a year at or above 30 °C and 72 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the ISSOIRE weather station, 10.2 km away at 372 m; the village itself is at 448 m. ^[11]

The village sits 76 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. ^[11]

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

Humidity measured at ISSOIRE, 10.2 km away at 372 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 76 m below the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 619 mm of rain a year, spread over 92 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at ISSOIRE, 10.2 km away at 372 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63031/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63031/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63031/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63031/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63022
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63352
INSEE BPE 2025 — 63031
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
Chenevières	54	426 km NE	469	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Nuncq-Hautecôte	62	546 km N	471	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %
Poulan-Pouzols	81	199 km SW	478	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Trenal	39	215 km NE	472	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Campremy	60	465 km N	469	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Triac-Lautrait	16	267 km W	462	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Poulan-Pouzols	81	199 km SW	478	21.3	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 62 % · humidity 86 %
Trenal	39	215 km NE	472	21.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 61 % · humidity 79 %
Triac-Lautrait	16	267 km W	462	20.5	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 65 % · humidity 64 %
Chenevières	54	426 km NE	469	19.2	No daily shops	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Campremy	60	465 km N	469	24.3	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 51 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Nuncq-Hautecôte	62	546 km N	471	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 41 % · winter 46 % · humidity 93 %

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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
Verjux	71	205 km NE	504	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 86 %
Biarne	39	252 km NE	433	21.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Meilhaud	63	15 km NW	507	24.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 100 %
Amange	39	259 km NE	428	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Agencourt	21	228 km NE	416	20.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %
Biltzheim	68	419 km NE	510	24.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 97 % · humidity 86 %

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