Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 76 in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bésignan is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.
The 2 things Bésignan does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Bésignan as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Pont sur l'Eygues, in Nyons, 8.9 mi away.
11% 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 Bésignan.
On this, Bésignan is below both Drôme’s towns (9.8%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 30% of the town.
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
| Bésignan | Drôme median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 5.3% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 28% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 32% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Drôme median and France median: the median of compared communes
In the comparison, Bésignan comes above both Drôme’s towns (10.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Bésignan has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.6 per worker. 17.9% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
For Bésignan, that is below both Drôme’s towns (€11.33/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Bésignan 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 Bésignan yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
Commune in Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bésignan is a commune of 76 people in the Communauté de communes des Baronnies en Drôme Provençale. 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) · 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.