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Home to 11,936 people, this town lies in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Beausoleil’s grades pull in different directions. Homes are dear: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 18.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Taken together, its subjects give Beausoleil a C+ overall, better than just over two fifths of compared French towns. The ranking puts it #25 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. Residents are healthier than most: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 51% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Add walkability to its strengths (A+) — 98% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 50% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Beausoleil does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beausoleil 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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Beausoleil has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from Antiquity; the first monument here was protected in 1939.
Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Beausoleil. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beausoleil.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Alpes-Maritimes can expect 86.5 years and a boy 81.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. France’s death rates at each age would predict 1,122 deaths in Beausoleil from 2016 to 2025; there were 608, 46% fewer. 25 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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
A house in Beausoleil goes for €10,120/m², an apartment for €6,957/m². The median price, €7,000/m², comes from 827 sales of houses and apartments in the town from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 4% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €10,120/m² | 37 |
| Apartments | €6,957/m² | 790 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Half of residents lived on more than €25,200 a year per consumption unit, lower than Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (€28,120) and near compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Beausoleil: 2,100, for 5,850 residents in work (0.4 each). At the census, 2.7% of working residents in Beausoleil didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Graduates make up 29% of adults. Children under 15 make up 14%, lower than both Alpes-Maritimes’ towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). The 15-to-24 age group makes up just over one in ten residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Beausoleil | Alpes-Maritimes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 9.1% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 26% | 17% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 19% | 21% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 29% | 36% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Alpes-Maritimes median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Beausoleil has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Camp ligure sis au Mont des Mules. The oldest protected building goes back to Antiquity.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Of the graded crimes in Beausoleil, criminal damage came up most often (2025). The police record for Beausoleil lists 279 offenses in 2025. Violence against people averaged 6.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 16.4.
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 armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (0.5% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Beausoleil has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
4 notable people were born in Beausoleil.
Renée Saint-Cyr: Studio Harcourt, Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beausoleil | 11,936 | — | C+ | D− | C+ | A+ |
| La Turbie | 3,045 | 1.1 | A− | D− | B+ | A+ |
| Cap-d'Ail | 4,482 | 1.5 | B | D− | C+ | A+ |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin | 12,037 | 2.9 | C− | D− | C− | A |
| Menton | 30,604 | 4.3 | D | D− | C− | B+ |
| Drap | 5,484 | 4.9 | B− | D− | B+ | B+ |
| La Trinité | 10,602 | 5.2 | C− | D | C− | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #29 of 43 in Alpes-Maritimes. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 16 burglaries and 134 acts of criminal damage.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €7,000/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Beausoleil grades D− for cost of living.
Commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Beausoleil is a commune of 11,936 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française. 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 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.