Beure has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C): bac results 2.2 points below the expected rate; brevet results at the expected rate. At the median price of €1,857/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole. Its strongest is walkability (A−): 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 17% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Beure 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 Beure.
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
Unemployment in Beure, 8.8%, runs below Doubs’ towns and compared French towns
Beure sits below both Doubs’ towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Beure has 400 jobs for 600 working residents, 0.7 per worker. 16.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
17%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Bicycle9%
Public transport5%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Beure, 0.7 per working resident
8.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,930
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 79% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Beure’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 62% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 135 residents of Beure died, against 146 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 8% fewer. 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 D to B+.
−8%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw92
Adjusted92
Median town88
Expected100
4
GPs in Beure · 6.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
2.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Universitaire Jean Minjoz Besancon
1.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique de Franche Comte
85.7 · 79.4
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Doubs, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Beure keeps more of its old housing than Doubs or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
That puts Beure above both Doubs’ towns (8%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Beure: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Beure is Voie romaine constituant le chemin communal dit du Sert.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Beure
Is Beure safe?
Beure has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4 recorded violent incidents and 13.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Beure good?
They grade C, better than 34% of compared French towns. 94% of 318 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général et technologique Victor Hugo in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Beure expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,857/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.68/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beure grades B for cost of living.
About Beure
Commune in Doubs, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Beure is a commune of 1,305 people in the Communauté urbaine Grand Besançon Métropole. 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.
