Beaucaire grades C− overall: better than 19% of compared French towns, and #44 of 60 in Gard. At the median price of €1,575/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 82% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% 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. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Beaucaire 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 Beaucaire.
History
A secteur sauvegardé since 1986, and 52 historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 52 historic monuments in Beaucaire: 12 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 40 inscrit (the second level). Beaucaire has 33 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Gard’s towns (3) and compared French towns (2.5). Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 1986.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C−
Beaucaire’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 79% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Beaucaire’s deaths ran at 100 per 100 expected, above both Gard’s towns (90) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 1,603 residents of Beaucaire died, against 1,440 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 11% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
−0%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw111
Adjusted100
Median town88
Expected100
6
GPs in Beaucaire · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
10.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Joseph Imbert D Arles
85.7 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Gard, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Crime per resident in Beaucaire runs higher than in 77% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 422 offenses in the graded categories in Beaucaire in 2025. Violence against people ran at 11.9 per 1,000 residents a year and the graded property crimes at 16.7 (2023–2025 average). For armed robbery, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 0.2% of the index here.
11.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage161
Family violence69
Other physical violence65
Vehicle theft37
Sexual violence35
Theft from vehicles29
Burglary26
Theft without violence106
Fraud82
Drug use49
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.
11.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16.7
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
422
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income D
More people in Beaucaire are out of work than in Gard’s towns or across compared French towns: 19.4%
That puts Beaucaire above both Gard’s towns (11.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). The median disposable income is €20,440 a year per consumption unit.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot6%
Public transport4%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
5,050
jobs based in Beaucaire, 0.9 per working resident
19.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€20,440
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 73% of compared French towns
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HousingCost of living B−
Renting in Beaucaire costs less than in Gard’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €10.63/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
In the comparison, Beaucaire comes below both Gard’s towns (€12.19/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,575/m², comes from 475 sales of houses and apartments in Beaucaire from July 2023 to June 2026. In Beaucaire, houses go for €2,245/m² and apartments for €1,190/m².
€1,575/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Beaucaire€1,575/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Gard median€2,553/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,245/m²
262
Apartments
€1,190/m²
213
€10.63/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.48 to €13.33/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.65/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€22,740
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence
Trois bornes milliaires, dites Colonnes de César ou Peyrous Plantadous: Photo: Jclpaca · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Site archéologique de Saint-Roman d'Aiguille (également sur commune de Comps): Photo: Sreinsch · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Croix couverte: Photo: Véronique PAGNIER · CC BY-SA 3.0
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Beaucaire
Is Beaucaire safe?
It grades C− for safety, #49 of 60 in Gard. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 26 burglaries and 161 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Beaucaire good?
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns and #21 of 53 in Gard. The lycée stands out: 97% of 264 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Alphonse Daudet 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.
Is Beaucaire expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,575/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beaucaire grades B− for cost of living.
About Beaucaire
Commune in Gard, Occitanie
Beaucaire is a commune of 15,692 people in the Communauté de communes Beaucaire Terre d'Argence. 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.
