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A town of 105 in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire.

Is Beddes a good place to live?

Beddes is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

What makes Beddes stand out

The 2 things Beddes does most differently from other towns.

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Beddes’ outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Beddes’ story

No historic monuments in Beddes

The Culture ministry lists no building in Beddes as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Georges, anciennement Saint-Janvier, in Saint-Jeanvrin, 1.3 mi away.

39% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beddes.

Who lives here

An older town: 34% of people in Beddes are 65 or over, more than in Cher’s towns or compared French towns

Beddes sits above both Cher’s towns (29%) and compared French towns (22%) on this measure. 12% of residents are children under 15.

52.5median age
BeddesCher medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma22%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education20%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Beddes
BeddesCher medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–249.4%9.2%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6425%27%26%
65+34%29%22%
No diploma22%25%19%
CAP or BEP29%30%26%
Baccalauréat24%18%18%
Higher education20%20%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Cher median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Beddes, 5.1%, runs below Cher’s towns and compared French towns

That puts Beddes below both Cher’s towns (11.7%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Beddes has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.8 per worker.

10%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
On foot5%
Bicycle5%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Beddes, 0.8 per working resident
5.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Schools

75.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 2 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

On this, Beddes is below both Cher’s towns (86.7%) and compared French towns (87.5%).

75.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Beddes75.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège multi-sites Axel Kahn site de ChâteaumeillantNearest collègeCollègeCollège4875%−2 pts
75.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −2 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Beddes costs less than in Cher’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.72/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Beddes comes below both Cher’s towns (€9.78/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€7.72/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Beddes€7.72/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cher median€9.78/m²
€7.72/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.25 to €9.54/m² a month)
€6.66/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Le Centre De La Presse and 2 more in and around Beddes

Museums in and near Beddes. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Beddes

13pages on Beddes

Landmarks

Nothing in Beddes is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Beddes

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Beddes yet.

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Beddes’ neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Cher →
La ChâtreSaint-Amand-MontrondLa ChâtreSaint-Amand-MontrondBeddes
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Beddes105—————
La Châtre Indre4,03711A−ADA−
Saint-Amand-Montrond9,89916B−ACC+

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Beddes

Commune in Cher, Centre-Val de Loire

Beddes is a commune of 105 people in the Communauté de communes Berry Grand Sud. 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

Population
105 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Berry Grand Sud
Département
Cher (18)
Région
Centre-Val de Loire
Area
5 sq mi (13.1 km²)
INSEE code
18024

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 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.