Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche

Vendée · CC du Pays des Achards · INSEE 85016

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

Partly served 55.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche (INSEE 85016) is in Vendée (85), part of CC du Pays des Achards. Population 2,421 (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.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/85016-beaulieu-sous-la-roche

Vitality score

Vitality score 55.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 8,424 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	0.26	25	6.56
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0.63	10	6.29
Public & culture	0.39	5	1.97
Population trend	0.98	10	9.83
Housing mix	0.94	5	4.68

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 2 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 2 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) (MARIE'S CAKES). ^[3,4]

1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette) (LOUE C.P). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (RESTAURANT - BAR LE 140 · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · CAFE DES ARTS). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (O BISTRO D'LA PLACE). ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE GOSCINNY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA CROIX DES VIGNES). ^[3]

4 × GP (médecin généraliste) (TEDDY BOURDET, MÉDECIN · THOMAS CLOUET, MÉDECIN · DIDIER LEBRETON, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MALLARD, MÉDECIN). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (WAPHARM). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (BEAULIEU SOUS LA ROCHE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BEAULIEU SOUS LA ROCHE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (COMPLEXE SPORTIF). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE CREDIT MUT BEAULIEU SOUS LA ROCHE). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (BAZIN 12 · LE SALON DE CECILE · LA MAISON DES ARTISTES). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Bakery (boulangerie).

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

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	MARIE'S CAKES	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	1	LOUE C.P	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [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	RESTAURANT - BAR LE 140 · LE KIOSQUE A PIZZAS · CAFE DES ARTS	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	O BISTRO D'LA PLACE	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE RENE GOSCINNY · ECOLE PRIMAIRE PRIVEE LA CROIX DES VIGNES	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	4	TEDDY BOURDET, MÉDECIN · THOMAS CLOUET, MÉDECIN · DIDIER LEBRETON, MÉDECIN · GUILLAUME MALLARD, MÉDECIN	INSEE BPE 4 [3]
Pharmacy	1	WAPHARM	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	BEAULIEU SOUS LA ROCHE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE BEAULIEU SOUS LA ROCHE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	COMPLEXE SPORTIF	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE FEDERALE DU CREDIT MUTUEL OCEAN · CAISSE CREDIT MUT BEAULIEU SOUS LA ROCHE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	3	BAZIN 12 · LE SALON DE CECILE · LA MAISON DES ARTISTES	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 5 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]

Market and village life

Weekly market (reported, unverified): Sunday 9h à 13h place du Marché. ^[5]

Trajectory

1968: 1,261 2023: 2,421 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 2,097 (2012) → 2,421 (2023): 15.5 % over 10 years. ^[6,1]

Population 1,632 (1990) → 2,421 (2023): 48.3 % over 30 years. ^[7,1]

Dwellings (2023): 1,108, of which 3.2 % second homes and 6.3 % vacant. ^[8]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Food shop, Primary school, GP, Pharmacy Bakery — 0.8 km SW 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 (Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche): 0.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[9]

Food shop (Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche): 0.1 km to the north (straight line). ^[9]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 13.4

Days at or below 0 °C 25.2

Muggy days a summer 2.3

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 13 days a year at or above 30 °C and 25 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[10]

Measured at the LA MOTHE ACHARD weather station, 6.5 km away at 58 m; the village itself is at 51 m. ^[10]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[10]

Humidity measured at LA ROCHE SUR YON, 17.7 km away at 88 m, over 30 summers. ^[10]

An average of 923 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 7.3 mm on a day it rains. ^[10]

Rainfall measured at LA MOTHE ACHARD, 6.5 km away at 58 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[10]

Uncertainties

The market day comes from the commune's own website and has not been confirmed by a second source. ^[5]

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85016/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
Commune website 2026-10— https://www.beaulieusouslaroche.fr/fr/mk/1162137/8621/marche-mensuel— “Le deuxième dimanche de chaque mois de janvier à novembre + le dimanche précédant Noël : rendez-vous de 9h à 13h sur notre charmante place du Marché !”(unverified)
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85016/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85016/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 85016/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 85016
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
Plonéis	29	246 km NW	2,409	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Collonges	01	579 km E	2,398	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Le Cheylas	38	604 km E	2,389	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 %
Colpo	56	156 km NW	2,296	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Bais	35	150 km N	2,539	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Entrammes	53	162 km NE	2,294	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bais	35	150 km N	2,539	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Colpo	56	156 km NW	2,296	54.6	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 79 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %
Entrammes	53	162 km NE	2,294	55.7	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Plonéis	29	246 km NW	2,409	51.5	Partly served	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Collonges	01	579 km E	2,398	53.5	Partly served	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 1 % · humidity 86 %
Le Cheylas	38	604 km E	2,389	57.6	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 72 % · winter 69 %

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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 Beaulieu-sous-la-Roche'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
Bais	35	150 km N	2,539	52	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Feneu	49	126 km NE	2,212	51.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Étrelles	35	157 km N	2,703	64.7	Served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Piré-Chancé	35	149 km N	3,224	40.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 88 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Armel	35	149 km N	2,433	43.7	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 93 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Mathurin	85	15 km SW	2,496	55.5	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 100 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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