Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,198 in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Beynost grades B+ overall: better than 68% of compared French towns, and #29 of 53 in Ain. Its weakest subject is cost of living (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is jobs & income (A+): 1.7 jobs per working resident; 7.5% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Beynost does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beynost 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Beynost as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Menhir de Montaberlet ou de Pierre-Fitte, in Décines-Charpieu, 5.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Beynost. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beynost.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Beynost sits below both Ain’s towns (82) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 278 residents of Beynost died, against 375 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 26% fewer. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
That puts Beynost above both Ain’s towns (€27,670) and compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 21.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Beynost is above both Ain’s towns (€2,641/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). In Beynost, houses go for €3,808/m² and apartments for €3,089/m².
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €3,808/m² | 124 |
| Apartments | €3,089/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Beynost comes above both Ain’s towns (32%) and compared French towns (30%). 21% of residents are children under 15.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Beynost | Ain median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 17% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 46% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ain median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 135 offenses in the graded categories in Beynost in 2025. For sexual violence and armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 1.9% of the index here. With 4,200 jobs for 2,450 working residents, Beynost draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Beynost, that is close to Ain’s towns (91.0%) and above compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis ArmstrongNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 116 | 92%−2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent de la CôtièreNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 435 | 94%−4 pts |
| Lycée professionnel Saint-Joseph PrivateBest against expectations: 6 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 47 | 100%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Beynost 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 Beynost yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades C for safety, #45 of 53 in Ain. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 36% of compared French towns and #42 of 54 in Ain. 94% of 435 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent de la Côtière in 2025, 4 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €14.13/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beynost grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beynost is a commune of 5,198 people in the Communauté de communes de Miribel et du Plateau. 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) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 October 30, 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.