Beaufort

Savoie · CA Arlysère · INSEE 73034

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

Served 69.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 99 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaufort (INSEE 73034) is in Savoie (73), part of CA Arlysère. Population 1,989 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/73034-beaufort

Vitality score

Vitality score 69.8/100 — Served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 99 % of the 9,662 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	0.78	25	19.39
Social	0.96	20	19.18
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.5	10	4.96
Housing mix	0	5	0

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 4 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 2 of 3

Health 2 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 2 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 2 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]

5 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LES CROES DU BEAUFORTAIN · BOULANGERIE DES CROES · POUILLOUX · LE PAIN D'AURORE). ^[3,4]

2 × Butcher (boucherie) (BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE FAVRE DIDIER). ^[3,4]

3 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LE PETIT CASINO DE BEAUFORT · LE SUPERETTE D'ARECHES · VIVAL). ^[3,4]

1 × Cheese shop (fromagerie) (FROMAGERIE DUC GONINAZ). ^[4]

21 × Restaurant (LES AROLLES 2000 · ETOILES DE NEIGES · BLANC-GONNET ODETTE · SARL FRISON ROCHE HOTEL DU GRAND MONT). ^[3,4]

5 × Café / bar (L'ACCORD · DENIV'CAFE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB ARECHES). ^[3]

1 × Collège (COLLEGE LE BEAUFORTAIN). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (LAURA FORNAY, MÉDECIN · REMI BOUTON, MÉDECIN · MARLENE PEYRET, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU MARECHAL, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU BEAUFORTAIN). ^[3,4]

2 × Post office / agence postale (ARECHES AP · LA POSTE). ^[3]

2 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARÊCHES · MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BEAUFORT). ^[3]

1 × Cinema (SALLE DE LA CHAUDANNE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (SALLE POLYVALENTE). ^[3]

1 × Bank (CRCAM DES SAVOIE). ^[3]

2 × Hairdresser (CORALIE COIFFURE). ^[3,4]

6 × Hotel (HOTEL VIALLET · PENSION VIALLET · HOTEL LES ANCOLIES-RESTAURANT LA TA · HOTEL LE GRAND MONT · HOTEL LE CHRISTIANIA). ^[3,4]

2 × Campsite (CAMPING LES AMIS · CAMPING DE DOMELIN). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 3 × Restaurant, 1 × Hotel.

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)	5	LES CROES DU BEAUFORTAIN · BOULANGERIE DES CROES · POUILLOUX · LE PAIN D'AURORE	INSEE BPE 5 / INSEE SIRENE 6 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	2	BOUCHERIE CHARCUTERIE FAVRE DIDIER	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	3	LE PETIT CASINO DE BEAUFORT · LE SUPERETTE D'ARECHES · VIVAL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 3 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	1	FROMAGERIE DUC GONINAZ	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	21	LES AROLLES 2000 · ETOILES DE NEIGES · BLANC-GONNET ODETTE · SARL FRISON ROCHE HOTEL DU GRAND MONT	INSEE BPE 21 / INSEE SIRENE 27 [3,4]
Café / bar	5	L'ACCORD · DENIV'CAFE	INSEE SIRENE 5 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUB ARECHES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	1	COLLEGE LE BEAUFORTAIN	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	LAURA FORNAY, MÉDECIN · REMI BOUTON, MÉDECIN · MARLENE PEYRET, MÉDECIN · MATTHIEU MARECHAL, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU BEAUFORTAIN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	2	ARECHES AP · LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Library	2	BIBLIOTHÈQUE D'ARÊCHES · MÉDIATHÈQUE DE BEAUFORT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Cinema	1	SALLE DE LA CHAUDANNE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	SALLE POLYVALENTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	1	CRCAM DES SAVOIE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Hairdresser	2	CORALIE COIFFURE	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	6	HOTEL VIALLET · PENSION VIALLET · HOTEL LES ANCOLIES-RESTAURANT LA TA · HOTEL LE GRAND MONT · HOTEL LE CHRISTIANIA	INSEE BPE 6 / INSEE SIRENE 12 [3,4]
Campsite	2	CAMPING LES AMIS · CAMPING DE DOMELIN	INSEE BPE 2 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 2,072 peak 2007: 2,218 2023: 1,989 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,162 (2012) → 1,989 (2023): -8 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,996 (1990) → 1,989 (2023): -0.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 2,874, of which 57.1 % second homes and 7.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

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 (Beaufort): 0.1 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Beaufort): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Beaufort): 0 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Pharmacy (Beaufort): 0 km to the north (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (Beaufort): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 9.2

Days at or below 0 °C 71.2

Muggy days a summer 0

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 9 days a year at or above 30 °C and 71 days at or below 0 °C, over 28 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[9]

Measured at the BEAUFORT-SUR-DORON weather station, 3 km away at 1,036 m; the village itself is at 744 m. ^[9]

The village sits 292 m below 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. ^[9]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 0 days a summer. ^[9]

Humidity measured at COL-DES-SAISIES, 5.2 km away at 1,614 m, over 29 summers. ^[9]

That station sits 870 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.69 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[9]

An average of 1,404 mm of rain a year, spread over 128 days — about 11 mm on a day it rains. ^[9]

Rainfall measured at BEAUFORT-SUR-DORON, 3 km away at 1,036 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[9]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73034/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73034/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73034/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 73034/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 73034
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-Gildas-de-Rhuys	56	745 km W	2,004	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 24 % · humidity 79 %
Abondance	74	64 km N	1,583	64.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 %
Combloux	74	21 km N	2,093	63.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Damgan	56	727 km W	1,943	62	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
La Garde-Freinet	83	267 km S	1,862	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 %
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages	29	886 km NW	1,972	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 8 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Combloux	74	21 km N	2,093	63.8	Served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Abondance	74	64 km N	1,583	64.4	Served	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 19 % · humidity 100 %
La Garde-Freinet	83	267 km S	1,862	60.2	Served	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 0 % · winter 73 % · humidity 43 %
Damgan	56	727 km W	1,943	62	Served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 97 % · winter 47 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys	56	745 km W	2,004	57.8	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 90 % · winter 24 % · humidity 79 %
Plounéour-Brignogan-plages	29	886 km NW	1,972	54.4	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 77 % · winter 8 % · 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 Beaufort'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
Pleaux	15	346 km W	1,470	52.3	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Jean-d'Aulps	74	58 km N	1,492	63.4	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 91 % · humidity 100 %
Le Grand-Bornand	74	28 km NW	2,050	70.8	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée	06	165 km S	1,289	61.6	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 86 % · humidity 100 %
Le Tholy	88	263 km N	1,489	48.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Glières-Val-de-Borne	74	34 km NW	1,824	54.6	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 96 % · humidity 100 %

Elsewhere

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