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Some 120 people live in this town, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
At under 1,000 residents, Beynes is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 27% of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 38% of residents.
The 2 things Beynes does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Beynes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château du Chaffaut, in Le Chaffaut-Saint-Jurson, 4.5 mi away.
31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Beynes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beynes.
6.6% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Alpes-de-Haute-Provence’s towns (9.2%) and compared French towns (11%). Residents of Beynes have a median age of 58.2. Degrees are held by 28% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Beynes | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 9.9% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.6% | 9.2% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 12% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 27% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 26% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 30% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence median and France median: the median of compared communes
12.5% of people in the labour force have no job. At the census, just over a tenth of working residents in Beynes didn’t travel to work at all.
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.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 5 homes in Beynes.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Beynes yet.
Commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Beynes is a commune of 120 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Provence-Alpes-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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beynes | 120 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Digne-les-Bains | 17,979 | 6.9 | C+ | C | C− | B |
| Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban | 5,107 | 12 | C | B− | C+ | B− |
| Les Mées | 4,099 | 12 | B− | B− | A | C |
| Peyruis | 2,798 | 14 | B | C+ | A | C+ |
| Oraison | 6,155 | 16 | C− | C− | B+ | C |
| Valensole | 3,137 | 16 | C+ | C+ | B | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
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 9, 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.