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1,048 people live in this town in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It skews young: only 11% of residents are 65 or over.
Health outcomes beat most towns (A−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−). Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for cost of living and B− for jobs & income. Schools are weaker too — brevet results 4 points below the expected rate.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Béard-Géovreissiat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Béard-Géovreissiat does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Béard-Géovreissiat with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Béard-Géovreissiat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Béard-Géovreissiat as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de Mornay, in Nurieux-Volognat, 1.4 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Béard-Géovreissiat.
Degrees are held by just over a quarter of adults, below both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). Children under 15 count for just over a fifth of the people here. The share aged 15 to 24 is 11%.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Béard-Géovreissiat | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 1.7% of commuters at the census. Jobs located in Béard-Géovreissiat: 200, for 500 residents in work (0.4 each). Also worth knowing: half of residents lived on more than €28,050 a year per consumption unit, near Ain’s towns (€27,670) and higher than compared French towns (€25,970).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The town’s pupils have a collège 1.7 mi away. The closest lycée for the general bac is 3.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Théodore RossetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 152 | 84%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 51 deaths in Béard-Géovreissiat from 2016 to 2025; there were 39, 23% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Béard-Géovreissiat is Centre hospitalier du Haut Bugey Geovreisset, 6.3 mi away. At birth, a girl in Ain can expect 85.9 years and a boy 82 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C− to A+.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 17 homes in Béard-Géovreissiat.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Béard-Géovreissiat. Best known first.
Nothing in Béard-Géovreissiat is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Béard-Géovreissiat yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béard-Géovreissiat | 1,048 | — | — | B | — | A− |
| Montréal-la-Cluse | 3,568 | 1.5 | B | B− | A− | B− |
| Nantua | 3,416 | 3.9 | C+ | A− | C | B− |
| Bellignat | 3,525 | 5.8 | A− | B | B | A− |
| Oyonnax | 22,480 | 6.8 | B | B− | B− | C+ |
| Arbent | 3,555 | 9.1 | — | B+ | — | A |
| Ceyzériat | 3,328 | 11 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Béard-Géovreissiat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 18% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Béard-Géovreissiat is a commune of 1,048 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Haut - Bugey Agglomération. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.