Beaucens

Hautes-Pyrénées · CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves · INSEE 65077

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

Partly served 45.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 92 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaucens (INSEE 65077) is in Hautes-Pyrénées (65), part of CC Pyrénées Vallées des Gaves. Population 413 (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 45.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 92 % of the 17,970 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	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.79	20	15.82
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.84	10	8.37
Housing mix	0.62	5	3.09

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 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 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 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3]

3 × Restaurant (STEM RESTAURANT LE HAUTACAM · AUBERGE DE L'ARRIOUTOU). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

1 × Nursery school (maternelle) (ECOLE MATERNELLE). ^[3]

1 × Campsite (LE VISCOS). ^[3,4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Primary school (élémentaire), 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)	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
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	3	STEM RESTAURANT LE HAUTACAM · AUBERGE DE L'ARRIOUTOU	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	1	ECOLE MATERNELLE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Campsite	1	LE VISCOS	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 247 peak 2007: 437 2023: 413 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 421 (2012) → 413 (2023): -1.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 309 (1990) → 413 (2023): 33.7 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 299, of which 19.1 % second homes and 14 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Food shop — 0.7 km NWBakery — 2.4 km SWPharmacy — 4.0 km NWGP — 4.5 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 (Soulom): 2.4 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaucens): 0.7 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Argelès-Gazost): 4.5 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Argelès-Gazost): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Beaucens): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.5

Days at or below 0 °C 31.7

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 22 days a year at or above 30 °C and 32 days at or below 0 °C, over 26 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the AYROS ARBOUIX weather station, 2.4 km away at 478 m; the village itself is at 481 m. ^[11]

An average of 1,085 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 8.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at AYROS ARBOUIX, 2.4 km away at 478 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 — 65077/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65077/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65077/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 65077/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65435
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65077
INSEE BPE 2025 — 65025
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
Saint-Marcan	35	636 km N	431	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %
Chérencé-le-Héron	50	654 km N	436	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Ervillers	62	828 km N	396	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 88 %
Sainte-Colombe	33	212 km N	423	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Bourdonné	78	656 km N	506	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 %
Saint-Amand	23	379 km NE	449	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 8 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Sainte-Colombe	33	212 km N	423	35.1	Few services	Warmer summers, similar winters.summer 82 % · winter 99 %
Saint-Amand	23	379 km NE	449	31.1	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 82 % · winter 8 %
Saint-Marcan	35	636 km N	431	32.4	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 92 %
Chérencé-le-Héron	50	654 km N	436	33.8	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 54 % · winter 99 %
Bourdonné	78	656 km N	506	35.8	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.summer 77 % · winter 81 %
Ervillers	62	828 km N	396	43	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.summer 62 % · winter 88 %

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