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A town of 1,475 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Beausemblant has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (C−): 56% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €2,100/m², a 70 m² home costs 5.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. Its strongest is health (B+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Beausemblant 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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The Culture ministry lists no building in Beausemblant as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ruine romaine, dite la Sarrazinière, in Andance, 1.6 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beausemblant.
That puts Beausemblant below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The median disposable income is €27,300 a year per consumption unit. Beausemblant has 600 jobs for 650 working residents, 0.9 per worker.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
On this, Beausemblant is below both Drôme’s towns (88) and compared French towns (88). The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A.
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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Beausemblant comes below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €2,100/m², comes from 37 sales of houses and apartments in Beausemblant from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,179/m² | 35 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For Beausemblant, that is below both Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André CotteNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 138 | 83%−4 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Henri LaurensNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 125 | 97%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
9.7% of residents are 15 to 24 and 22% are 65 or over, against 9.8% and 23% in the median compared commune of Drôme. 28% of adults who have left education hold a higher-education diploma (Drôme 32%, France 30%).
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
| Beausemblant | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 18% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Beausemblant. Best known first.
Nothing in Beausemblant is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Beausemblant.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beausemblant | 1,475 | — | — | B | — | B+ |
| Saint-Vallier | 4,027 | 2.7 | C+ | A | D | C |
| Anneyron | 4,169 | 4.5 | A | C+ | A | A |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon | 7,001 | 5.1 | D | B | D | C |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay Ardèche | 2,725 | 5.8 | — | B− | — | B+ |
| Chanas Isère | 2,706 | 6.7 | C− | C+ | C | B− |
| Davézieux Ardèche | 3,205 | 7 | A− | C | A− | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beausemblant has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 7.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B−, better than 52% of compared French towns. The lycée stands out: 97% of 125 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Henri Laurens in 2025, 3 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,100/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beausemblant grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beausemblant is a commune of 1,475 people in the Communauté de communes Porte de DrômArdèche. 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 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.