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A town of 1,649 in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Beaulon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 3% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Beaulon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beaulon 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 2 historic monuments in Beaulon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1972.
16% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaulon.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,134/m², comes from 60 sales of houses and apartments in Beaulon from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €7.88/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,134/m² | 60 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Walking, cycling and public transport carried 3.1% of commuters at the census. 6.5% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than both Allier’s towns (12.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Beaulon has 250 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.3 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Beaulon is Centre hospitalier de Moulins, 16.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 176 residents of Beaulon died, against 202 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 13% fewer. In Allier, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.8 years for women and 78.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. 2 GPs practise locally.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
28% of residents are 65 or over, between Allier’s towns (30%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 17% of the town. Graduates make up 16% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
| Beaulon | Allier median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 14% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 9.3% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 29% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Allier median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Beaulon, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 18th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
The graded crime recorded most in Beaulon was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 9 offenses locally in 2025. Violence against people ran at 2.6 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 6 (2023–2025 average).
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 · When family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (60.0% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
The list names few of Beaulon’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Beaulon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulon | 1,649 | — | — | A+ | — | B+ |
| Bourbon-Lancy Saône-et-Loire | 4,674 | 4.7 | A+ | A+ | A | B |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre | 2,959 | 5.2 | A− | A+ | A+ | B− |
| Yzeure | 12,897 | 15 | A | A− | B | B+ |
| Moulins | 19,206 | 16 | B+ | A− | C− | B+ |
| Avermes | 4,074 | 17 | A+ | A− | A | A |
| Digoin Saône-et-Loire | 7,353 | 17 | B+ | A+ | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beaulon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,134/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beaulon grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beaulon is a commune of 1,649 people in the Communauté de communes Entr'Allier Besbre et Loire. 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.