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The town, home to 2,579 people, lies in Aisne, Hauts-de-France.
Easy on the wallet, harder on other counts. Its weakest is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 21% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Beautor’s overall grade is C−, better than nearly a quarter of compared French towns. In the ranking it comes #14 of 23 in Aisne. It also trails on jobs & income (D−) — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 24.8% unemployment. Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Beautor does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beautor 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Beautor as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Montain, in La Fère, 1.2 mi away.
1.4% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beautor.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Beautor has one family doctor. In Aisne, women can expect to live 83.2 years and men 77.4 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 238 deaths here from 2016 to 2025; there were 288, 21% more.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.35/m² a month, below Aisne’s towns (€10.23/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) alike. A home here costs 3 years of the median income in Communauté d'agglomération Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère. From July 2023 to June 2026, 66 homes were sold in Beautor.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €975/m² | 64 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In all, 75 offenses reached the police record in Beautor in 2025. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 10.3 violent offenses and 17.9 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Beautor (2025).
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 · For sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 5.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
11.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The median disposable income is €19,790 a year per consumption unit. At the census, 2.4% of working residents in Beautor didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Children under 15 make up 19%, above both Aisne’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). Half of Beautor is older than 44.9, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
| Beautor | Aisne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 36% | 31% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 10% | 18% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Beautor, 89.0% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near Aisne’s towns (90.1%) and lower than compared French towns (92.9%). On school results, the town ranks #11 of 24 in Aisne. General-bac pupils go 6.2 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marie de LuxembourgNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 90 | 76%+1 pt |
| Lycée professionnel Jean MonnetNearest lycéeVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 63 | 89%±0 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Beautor. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de la résistance et de la déportation de Picardie1.9 km west, in TergnierChâteauChâteauChâteau de La Fère1.9 km east, in La FèreAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye du Calvaire de La Fère1.9 km east, in La FèreMuseumMuseumMusée Jeanne-d'Aboville1.9 km east, in La FèreMuseumMuseumMusée de la résistance et de la déportation de l'Aisne1.8 km west, in TergnierAttractionAttractionBase Nautique de la Frette2.7 km southwest, in TergnierPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Nothing in Beautor is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Beautor.
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, #11 of 23 in Aisne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 11 burglaries and 36 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 48% of compared French towns and #11 of 24 in Aisne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beautor grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Beautor is a commune of 2,579 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Chauny-Tergnier-La Fère. 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.