Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health outcomes fall short of most towns (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. A fifth of its homes are second homes. Over-65s are nearly a third of the population.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Belmont-sur-Rance has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Belmont-sur-Rance 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.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth D
Belmont-sur-Rance has a higher adjusted death rate than 86% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Belmont-sur-Rance’s deaths ran at 105 per 100 expected, above both Aveyron’s towns (83) and compared French towns (88). 197 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 149: 33% above. Life expectancy in Aveyron: 85.1 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. 6 GPs practise here.
+5%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw133
Adjusted105
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Belmont-sur-Rance · 1.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Emile Borel Saint Affrique
11.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Emile Borel Saint Affrique
85.1 · 80
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Aveyron, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer people in Belmont-sur-Rance are out of work than in Aveyron’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.1%
For its 400 residents in work, Belmont-sur-Rance has 550 jobs: 1.5 each. The median disposable income was €22,990 a year per consumption unit, below both Aveyron’s towns (€24,780) and compared French towns (€25,970). On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 16.9% of commuters travelled at the census.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving70%
On foot10%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle3%
550
jobs based in Belmont-sur-Rance, 1.5 per working resident
6.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,990
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 80% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Belmont-sur-Rance are 15 to 24: 6.8%, fewer than in Aveyron’s towns and compared French towns
13% are under 15, below both Aveyron’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (17%). Retirement age and beyond: nearly a third of residents are 65 or older. The middle age in Belmont-sur-Rance is 54.1.
54.1median age
Belmont-sur-RanceAveyron medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma26%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Belmont-sur-Rance
Is Belmont-sur-Rance safe?
Belmont-sur-Rance has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.3 recorded violent incidents and 4.3 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
About Belmont-sur-Rance
Commune in Aveyron, Occitanie
Belmont-sur-Rance is a commune of 1,001 people in the Communauté de communes Monts, Rance et Rougier. 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
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.
