Beynat has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (D−): brevet results 11 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.1 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.
Each subject compares Beynat 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beynat.
HousingCost of living A+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Beynat than in Corrèze’s towns or across compared French towns: €7.89/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Beynat is below both Corrèze’s towns (€10.24/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,114/m², comes from 53 sales of houses and apartments in Beynat from July 2023 to June 2026.
€1,114/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Beynat€1,114/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Corrèze median€1,460/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,114/m²
53
€7.89/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.15 to €10.12/m² a month)
3.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,000
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Midi Corrézien
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Only 5.3% of commuters in Beynat go to work without a car, fewer than in Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns
For Beynat, that is below both Corrèze’s towns (11.0%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Beynat has 350 jobs for 550 working residents, 0.6 per worker. 8.5% of the labour force are out of work.
5%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
350
jobs based in Beynat, 0.6 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,640
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C−
Walkability: better than 15% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Beynat: 20% were built before 1919, more than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Beynat above both Corrèze’s towns (6.7%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Beynat: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Beynat is Dolmen dit La Cabane de la Fée.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth B−
Beynat’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 51% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 270 residents of Beynat died, against 208 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 30% more. Its care home for older people (67 places) counts its residents as Beynat’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
−12%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw130
Adjusted88
Median town88
Expected100
3
GPs in Beynat · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Dubois Brive
10 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Dubois Brive
85.6 · 80.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Corrèze, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Beynat
Is Beynat safe?
Beynat has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 3.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Beynat good?
They grade D−, better than 2% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Beynat expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,114/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beynat grades A+ for cost of living.
About Beynat
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Beynat is a commune of 1,318 people in the Communauté de communes Midi Corrézien. 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.
