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A town of 1,659 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Beauvallon has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 5.9 points below the expected rate. At the median price of €2,730/m², a 70 m² home costs 7.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération Valence Romans Agglo.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Beauvallon does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beauvallon 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 Beauvallon as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Notre-Dame, in Étoile-sur-Rhône, 1.5 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beauvallon.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 4.3 mi away. At the collèges within 5 km of Beauvallon, 85.9% passed the brevet, close to Drôme’s towns (85.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). The closest collège is 1.5 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MacéNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 146 | 84%−4 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
The 15-to-24 age group: 7.5%, lower than both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). Children are 16% of the town. Beauvallon has a median age of 50.7.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Beauvallon | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.5% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 15% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 32% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
54 sales of houses and apartments in Beauvallon, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,730/m². House rents are put at about €11.16/m² a month. Houses made up 93% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,699/m² | 50 |
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.
Beauvallon has 3 family doctors. Its care home for older people (88 places) counts its residents as Beauvallon’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 285 residents of Beauvallon died, against 234 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% more. In Drôme, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.7 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
7.0% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Drôme’s towns (10.1%) and compared French towns (13.4%). The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,960 a year per consumption unit.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Beauvallon. Best known first.
Nothing in Beauvallon is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Beauvallon yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvallon | 1,659 | — | — | C | — | B− |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône | 5,468 | 1.7 | B− | C+ | B− | B |
| Portes-lès-Valence | 10,477 | 1.8 | D | C | C | B− |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence | 4,337 | 1.9 | C+ | C− | A+ | C |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône Ardèche | 3,143 | 3.6 | — | B− | — | A− |
| Montmeyran | 2,960 | 3.8 | C+ | C | A | B |
| Malissard | 3,294 | 3.8 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beauvallon has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.4 recorded violent incidents and 5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 17% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,730/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.01/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beauvallon grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beauvallon is a commune of 1,659 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 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.