Béceleuf

Deux-Sèvres · CC Val de Gâtine · INSEE 79032

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

Few services 29/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 40 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Béceleuf (INSEE 79032) is in Deux-Sèvres (79), part of CC Val de Gâtine. Population 750 (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/79032-beceleuf

Vitality score

Vitality score 29/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 40 % of the 16,058 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	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.78	10	7.8
Housing mix	0.85	5	4.25

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 1 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 and somewhere to eat or drink, but no food shop. ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (KUMPIR DU DONJON). ^[4,3]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE). ^[4]

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

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, 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 SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Restaurant	1	KUMPIR DU DONJON	INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4,3]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE	INSEE BPE 1 [4]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [4,3]

Market and village life

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

Trajectory

1968: 560 peak 2017: 757 2023: 750 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 734 (2012) → 750 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 586 (1990) → 750 (2023): 28 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 305, of which 7.5 % second homes and 8.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km WFood shop — 3.8 km WGP — 7.0 km WPharmacy — 7.3 km W 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 (Ardin): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Ardin): 3.8 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 7 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Coulonges-sur-l'Autize): 7.3 km to the west (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Béceleuf): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 23.6

Days at or below 0 °C 23.2

Muggy days a summer 3.5

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 24 days a year at or above 30 °C and 23 days at or below 0 °C, over 15 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the SURIN_SAPC weather station, 3.8 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 95 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 4 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at SCILLE, 17 km away at 247 m, over 19 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 152 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 5.46 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 949 mm of rain a year, spread over 124 days — about 7.7 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SURIN_SAPC, 3.8 km away at 100 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 — 79032/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79032/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79032/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 79032/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79012
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79101
INSEE BPE 2025 — 79032
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-Jean-Saint-Germain	37	136 km NE	745	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Courbépine	27	306 km N	733	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse	40	332 km S	745	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
Beuvardes	02	421 km NE	736	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil	86	70 km SE	717	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bueil	38	491 km E	716	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 22 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Saint-Pierre-d'Exideuil	86	70 km SE	717	24.8	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 82 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain	37	136 km NE	745	29.5	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Courbépine	27	306 km N	733	31	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel drier.summer 56 % · winter 74 % · humidity 79 %
Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse	40	332 km S	745	31.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel more humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 0 %
Beuvardes	02	421 km NE	736	27.2	Few services	Cooler summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 61 % · humidity 86 %
Saint-Bueil	38	491 km E	716	28.8	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 22 % · 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 Béceleuf'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
Sainte-Gemme	81	339 km SE	836	29	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Prudhomat	46	251 km SE	733	30.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 95 % · humidity 86 %
Cursan	33	186 km S	663	31.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 92 % · humidity 86 %
Parçay-sur-Vienne	37	103 km NE	616	27.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 89 % · humidity 93 %
Nantheuil	24	163 km SE	989	26.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Courcoury	17	85 km S	721	31.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 93 % · humidity 86 %

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