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A town of 4,337 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Where it falls short is schools: brevet results 5.9 points below the expected rate. At C+ overall, Beaumont-lès-Valence is better than 45% of compared French towns and ranks #15 of 36 in Drôme. Cost of living is weaker too (C−) — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Safety is its strong suit (A+) — an average of 2.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. It also does well on jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 8.0% unemployment.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · employment, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · 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.
The one thing Beaumont-lès-Valence does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beaumont-lès-Valence 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.
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Beaumont-lès-Valence has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
The oldest protected part dates from the 11th century; the first monument here was protected in 1914.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaumont-lès-Valence.
The graded crime recorded most in Beaumont-lès-Valence was criminal damage (2025). Police and gendarmerie figures for Beaumont-lès-Valence show 45 offenses in 2025. On the Safety Grade, Beaumont-lès-Valence ranks 3rd of the 36 compared towns in Drôme.
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.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 15.9% 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.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
There is no general lycée within 5 km; one lies 4 mi away. Its collèges and lycées rank #26 of 32 in Drôme on results. The brevet pass rate near Beaumont-lès-Valence is 85.9%, about level with Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Marcelle RivierNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 137 | 88%−8 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €10.57/m² a month. Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest. The market in Beaumont-lès-Valence: 107 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,784/m² | 99 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Life expectancy at birth in Drôme is 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 320 residents of Beaumont-lès-Valence died, against 325 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Beaumont-lès-Valence is Centre hospitalier de Valence, 3.9 mi away.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 4.9% of commuters travelled at the census. Unemployment stood at 8.0%, lower than both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to the 11th century. Among the classé monuments in Beaumont-lès-Valence is Église-temple. This Drôme town has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, lower than both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by 37% of adults. Over-65s are 21% of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Beaumont-lès-Valence | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 37% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage in and near Beaumont-lès-Valence. Best known first.
Beaumont-lès-Valence has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Porte fortifiée (ancienne): Photo: Toutaitanous 2 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont sur la Véore: Photo: Toutaitanous · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Beaumont-lès-Valence as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont-lès-Valence | 4,337 | — | C+ | C− | A+ | C |
| Malissard | 3,294 | 2.6 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Montmeyran | 2,960 | 2.6 | C+ | C | A | B |
| Portes-lès-Valence | 10,477 | 3.3 | D | C | C | B− |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône | 5,468 | 3.4 | B− | C+ | B− | B |
| Chabeuil | 6,833 | 4.5 | A− | C | B | B− |
| Valence | 64,458 | 4.8 | D | C+ | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A+ for safety, #3 of 36 in Drôme.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns and #26 of 32 in Drôme. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.34/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beaumont-lès-Valence grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beaumont-lès-Valence is a commune of 4,337 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.
