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Saint-Beauzire

Puy-de-Dôme · CA Riom Limagne et Volcans · INSEE 63322

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

Served 60.2/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Saint-Beauzire (INSEE 63322) is in Puy-de-Dôme (63), part of CA Riom Limagne et Volcans. Population 2,210 (2023). [1]

INSEE density class: Bourgs ruraux (level 5). [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 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/63322-saint-beauzire

Vitality score

Vitality score 60.2/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 8,959 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 food0.472511.83
Social0.672013.44
Education0.63106.32
Health0.59105.85
Public & culture0.3951.97
Population trend0.68106.81
Housing mix0.9854.92

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 3 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 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) (MAISON FOURNIER SAINT BEAUZIRE). [3,4]

1 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE NICOMAX). [3,4]

2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (ID INDUSTRIE · PETIT CASINO). [3,4]

6 × Restaurant (KEBAB SAINT BEAUZIRE · SNACK DE LA PAIX · CHEZ EPICURE · MALLET M). [3,4]

1 × Café / bar (LE CALYPSO). [4]

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

3 × GP (médecin généraliste) (JULIE DE LA ROQUE, MÉDECIN · SANDRA LOT, MÉDECIN · SARA LOPES, MÉDECIN). [3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE L FOUCHARD). [3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]

1 × Library (MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT BEAUZIRE). [3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (ESPACE SPORTIF STADE EUGENE SENIQUETTE). [3]

2 × Hairdresser (TOM COIFFURE). [3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette), 2 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts
TypeCountNamesSources
Bakery (boulangerie)1MAISON FOURNIER SAINT BEAUZIREINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)1BOUCHERIE NICOMAXINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)2ID INDUSTRIE · PETIT CASINOINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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]
Restaurant6KEBAB SAINT BEAUZIRE · SNACK DE LA PAIX · CHEZ EPICURE · MALLET MINSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Café / bar1LE CALYPSOINSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)2ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE SAINT JOSEPHINSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)3JULIE DE LA ROQUE, MÉDECIN · SANDRA LOT, MÉDECIN · SARA LOPES, MÉDECININSEE BPE 3 [3]
Pharmacy1PHARMACIE L FOUCHARDINSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale1LA POSTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library1MÉDIATHÈQUE DE SAINT BEAUZIREINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall1ESPACE SPORTIF STADE EUGENE SENIQUETTEINSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank0INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser2TOM COIFFUREINSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [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

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Tuesday. [5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,010 2023: 2,210 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,104 (2012) → 2,210 (2023): 5 % over 10 years. [6,1]

Population 1,872 (1990) → 2,210 (2023): 18.1 % over 30 years. [7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,001, of which 0.8 % second homes and 5.8 % vacant. [8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

2.5 km5 km
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 (Saint-Beauzire): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]

Food shop (Saint-Beauzire): 0.2 km to the south (straight line). [9]

GP (Saint-Beauzire): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Beauzire): 0.1 km to the west (straight line). [9]

Primary school (Saint-Beauzire): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). [9]

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 26 days a year at or above 30 °C and 62 days at or below 0 °C, over 10 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]

Measured at the RIOM weather station, 7.4 km away at 360 m; the village itself is at 317 m. [10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]

Humidity measured at CLERMONT-FD, 7.6 km away at 331 m, over 30 summers. [10]

An average of 649 mm of rain a year, spread over 97 days — about 6.7 mm on a day it rains. [10]

Rainfall measured at CHAPPES, 2.8 km away at 315 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from DATAtourisme and has not been confirmed by a second source. [5]

References

  1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63322/2023
  2. INSEE density grid 2026
  3. INSEE BPE 2025
  4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
  5. DATAtourisme 2025-12— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/22c8ddd9-03af-3a16-b104-1eb0aad92565— “Ce marché de producteur est un rendez-vous hebdomadaire tous les mardis après-midi.”(unverified)
  6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63322/2012
  7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63322/1990
  8. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 63322/logement/2023
  9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 63322
  10. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

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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
Mézériat01150 km E2,17251.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Préseau59497 km N2,10054.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Esquelbecq59563 km N2,13756.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · humidity 100 %
Vincey88365 km NE2,05349.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Cagny14448 km NW2,06659.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Lagrave81237 km SW2,30562.6ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
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CommuneDeptDistancePopulationScoreBandClimate vs here
Mézériat01150 km E2,17251.9Partly servedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 74 % · winter 82 % · humidity 79 %
Lagrave81237 km SW2,30562.6ServedWarmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 36 % · winter 78 % · humidity 79 %
Vincey88365 km NE2,05349.8Partly servedCooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 70 % · humidity 100 %
Cagny14448 km NW2,06659.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Préseau59497 km N2,10054.9Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 78 % · humidity 100 %
Esquelbecq59563 km N2,13756.1Partly servedCooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 49 % · winter 53 % · 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 Saint-Beauzire'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
Bonneuil-Matours86221 km NW2,08159.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Maclas42129 km SE1,86872.7ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire45228 km N1,98255.8Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Rignac12175 km SW2,00061ServedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Trept38167 km E2,09553.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Champvans39222 km NE1,46050.5Partly servedMuch the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %