A town of contrasts. Overall, Beaussais-sur-Mer earns a B, better than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. It ranks #27 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor. Recorded crime is low: an average of 5.3 recorded violent incidents and 7.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Health is a strength (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 18% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. The catch is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 8.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
Each subject compares Beaussais-sur-Mer 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.
SchoolsNot graded: no collège with published results within 5 km–
Hazard riskNot graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas–
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Dolmen dit de la Ville Tanguy · Classé · Photo: Thor19 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Beaussais-sur-Mer’s story
Beaussais-sur-Mer in pictures
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Beaussais-sur-Mer: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1946.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Claude-Louis de Lesquen, born in 1770, is the one person born in Beaussais-sur-Mer before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1946First protected: Ancienne église
1964Most recently protected: Manoir de la Coudraye
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaussais-sur-Mer.
Safety
Beaussais-sur-Mer sees less crime per resident than 91% of compared French towns
Among the graded crimes in Beaussais-sur-Mer, the most frequent was criminal damage (2025). 2025 saw 55 offenses recorded locally.
5.3recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage32
Family violence17
Sexual violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud34
Theft without violence19
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.
5.3
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
7.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
55
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
14.7%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When other physical violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (14.7% of the index here). With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
HousingCost of living C−
A home in Beaussais-sur-Mer sells for €3,118/m², more than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and across compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €13.19/m² a month, higher than both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€11.30/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses sell for €2,932/m² in Beaussais-sur-Mer, apartments for €3,538/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €9.77/m² a month.
€3,118/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Beaussais-sur-Mer€3,118/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Côtes-d'Armor median€2,254/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,932/m²
157
Apartments
€3,538/m²
38
€13.19/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.48 to €16.60/m² a month)
8.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,990
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération Dinan Agglomération
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Beaussais-sur-Mer has fewer young adults than Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 8.1% are 15 to 24
The under-15s are 17% of the population here. People 65 and over make up 29% of the town, close to Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (29%) and above compared French towns (22%). At 47.5, the median resident of Beaussais-sur-Mer sits in the middle of the age range.
47.5median age
Beaussais-sur-MerCôtes-d'Armor medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma16%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education30%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Côtes-d'Armor median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth B+
Beaussais-sur-Mer loses fewer people than its age profile suggests, 82 per 100 expected, below Côtes-d'Armor’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Beaussais-sur-Mer is Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais, 7.6 mi away. France’s death rates at each age would predict 504 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 454, 10% fewer. Life expectancy in Côtes-d'Armor: 84.8 years for women and 78.5 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Côtes-d'Armor town has 6 family doctors.
−18%deaths against expected, after care homesB+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw90
Adjusted82
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Beaussais-sur-Mer · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais
7.6 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ghre site Saint Malo Broussais
84.8 · 78.5
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Côtes-d'Armor, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Beaussais-sur-Mer is Allée couverte de la Hautière dite Le Tombeau. Protection here reaches back to prehistory. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Beaussais-sur-Mer than in Côtes-d'Armor’s towns or compared French towns: 5.8%
Per resident in work, Beaussais-sur-Mer counts 0.5 jobs (950 jobs, 1,700 workers). The median disposable income was €25,510 a year per consumption unit, near both Côtes-d'Armor’s towns (€26,370) and compared French towns (€25,970). 6.1% of the town’s working residents had no journey to work at the census.
6%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
950
jobs based in Beaussais-sur-Mer, 0.5 per working resident
9.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,510
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 44% of compared French towns
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Beaussais-sur-Mer: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Allée couverte de la Hautière dite Le Tombeau: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ancienne église: Photo: Thor19 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manoir de la Coudraye: Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dolmen dit de la Ville Tanguy: Photo: Thor19 · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Beaussais-sur-Mer
Is Beaussais-sur-Mer safe?
It grades A for safety, #8 of 45 in Côtes-d'Armor.
Is Beaussais-sur-Mer expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Beaussais-sur-Mer grades C− for cost of living.
About Beaussais-sur-Mer
Commune in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany
Beaussais-sur-Mer is a commune of 4,498 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Dinan 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
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.
