Bessenay
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.
Served 62.5/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 95 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.
Identity
Bessenay (INSEE 69021) is in Rhône (69), part of CC du Pays de l'Arbresle (CCPA). Population 2,331 (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 2026-10-25 · DATAtourisme 2026-10-22.
Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/69021-bessenay
Vitality score
Vitality score 62.5/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).
Confidence: high.
Better served than 95 % of the 8,643 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 | 0.55 | 25 | 13.81 |
| Social | 0.66 | 20 | 13.11 |
| Education | 0.63 | 10 | 6.32 |
| Health | 0.39 | 10 | 3.93 |
| Public & culture | 0.39 | 5 | 1.97 |
| Population trend | 0.95 | 10 | 9.47 |
| Housing mix | 0.9 | 5 | 4.49 |
Services
What is here, at a glance
A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. [3,4]
2 × Bakery (boulangerie) (MAISON VALENTIN PAIN · LE FOURNIL 1016). [3,4]
1 × Butcher (boucherie) (COMBET TRAITEUR). [3,4]
2 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (RONDE PAYSANNE · PROXI). [3,4]
5 × Restaurant (PIZZA BY BOBO · MELANGER LES COULEURS · LA TRATTORIA DES MONTS · CLICK & SUSHI · LA GUINGUETTE DE L'ETANG). [3,4]
1 × Café / bar. [4]
2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES ECHARAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). [3]
1 × GP (médecin généraliste) (MARCOS MACHADO, MÉDECIN). [3]
1 × Pharmacy (AUDITION CONSEIL). [3,4]
1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). [3]
1 × Library (BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE). [3]
3 × Hairdresser (SALON BEAUT'I · LAETITIA B. - L'ATELIER AU NATUR'L · LE STUDIO D'ALEX). [3,4]
1 × Campsite (CAMPING DE RIPAN). [3,4]
Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Restaurant, 1 × Hairdresser.
Not found in the commune: Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle). [3,4]
All 25 service types, with per-source counts
| Type | Count | Names | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakery (boulangerie) | 2 | MAISON VALENTIN PAIN · LE FOURNIL 1016 | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4] |
| Butcher (boucherie) | 1 | COMBET TRAITEUR | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
| Grocery (épicerie / supérette) | 2 | RONDE PAYSANNE · PROXI | INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [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 | PIZZA BY BOBO · MELANGER LES COULEURS · LA TRATTORIA DES MONTS · CLICK & SUSHI · LA GUINGUETTE DE L'ETANG | INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 7 [3,4] |
| Café / bar | 1 | INSEE SIRENE 1 [4] | |
| Nursery school (maternelle) | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| Primary school (élémentaire) | 2 | ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE LES ECHARAS · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE | INSEE BPE 2 [3] |
| Collège | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 [3] | |
| GP (médecin généraliste) | 1 | MARCOS MACHADO, MÉDECIN | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Pharmacy | 1 | AUDITION CONSEIL | 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 | LA POSTE | INSEE BPE 1 [3] |
| Library | 1 | BIBLIOTHEQUE MUNICIPALE | INSEE BPE 1 [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 | 3 | SALON BEAUT'I · LAETITIA B. - L'ATELIER AU NATUR'L · LE STUDIO D'ALEX | INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4] |
| Fuel station | 0 | INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4] | |
| Hotel | 0 | INSEE SIRENE 2 / INSEE BPE 0 [4] | |
| Campsite | 1 | CAMPING DE RIPAN | INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4] |
Market and village life
A market is recorded here, but no source gives the day. [5]
Trajectory
Population 2,249 (2012) → 2,331 (2023): 3.6 % over 10 years. [6,1]
Population 1,611 (1990) → 2,331 (2023): 44.7 % over 30 years. [7,1]
Dwellings (2023): 1,149, of which 5.1 % second homes and 8.3 % vacant. [8]
Access and surroundings
Which way the everyday services lie
Bakery (Bessenay): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). [9]
Food shop (Bessenay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
GP (Bessenay): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). [9]
Pharmacy (Bessenay): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). [9]
Primary school (Bessenay): 0 km to the north-east (straight line). [9]
Climate
Where this sits nationally
An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 82 days at or below 0 °C, over 23 complete years in 1995–2024. [10]
Measured at the BULLY weather station, 7.9 km away at 280 m; the village itself is at 412 m. [10]
The village sits 132 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. [10]
Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. [10]
Humidity measured at ST-GERMAIN-L AR, 11 km away at 370 m, over 25 summers. [10]
An average of 876 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 7.5 mm on a day it rains. [10]
Rainfall measured at MONTROTTIER, 6.6 km away at 630 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. [10]
Uncertainties
No specific uncertainties flagged.
References
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69021/2023
- INSEE density grid 2026
- INSEE BPE 2025
- INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
- DATAtourisme 2025-01— https://data.datatourisme.fr/13/42ba3b64-8c12-3376-84e6-88ddfaf65d32— “Marché hebdomadaire”(unverified)
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69021/2012
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69021/1990
- INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 69021/logement/2023
- INSEE BPE 2025 — 69021
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nalliers | 85 | 437 km W | 2,389 | 58.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Peaugres | 07 | 56 km S | 2,385 | 62.6 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lagrave | 81 | 291 km SW | 2,305 | 62.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 % |
| Roquecourbe | 81 | 295 km SW | 2,172 | 54.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 % |
| Rugles | 27 | 446 km NW | 2,199 | 62.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 % |
| Calmont | 31 | 361 km SW | 2,494 | 54.2 | Partly served | no figures |
Order by distance instead
| Commune | Dept | Distance | Population | Score | Band | Climate vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peaugres | 07 | 56 km S | 2,385 | 62.6 | Served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 36 % · humidity 100 % |
| Lagrave | 81 | 291 km SW | 2,305 | 62.6 | Served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 23 % · winter 51 % · humidity 79 % |
| Roquecourbe | 81 | 295 km SW | 2,172 | 54.7 | Partly served | Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 33 % · winter 39 % · humidity 57 % |
| Calmont | 31 | 361 km SW | 2,494 | 54.2 | Partly served | no figures |
| Nalliers | 85 | 437 km W | 2,389 | 58.2 | Partly served | Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 28 % · humidity 93 % |
| Rugles | 27 | 446 km NW | 2,199 | 62.1 | Served | Cooler summers and milder winters.summer 79 % · winter 76 % |
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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 Bessenay'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Laurent-de-Chamousset | 69 | 8.1 km SW | 2,017 | 62.7 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| La Bâtie-Montgascon | 38 | 79 km E | 2,035 | 54.3 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 % |
| Vincey | 88 | 315 km NE | 2,053 | 49.8 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 97 % · humidity 100 % |
| Saint-Victor-de-Cessieu | 38 | 70 km E | 2,148 | 53.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 % |
| Champdieu | 42 | 42 km W | 2,064 | 60.4 | Served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 % |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu | 42 | 53 km NW | 2,588 | 57.5 | Partly served | Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 % |
Elsewhere
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