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The town, home to 2,954 people, lies in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Cost of living is its strong suit — at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 39% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. 17% of its homes are second homes.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Beauzac has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 3 things Beauzac does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beauzac 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.
Beauzac has no overall grade because safety and schools aren’t graded here.
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Beauzac 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 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1875.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beauzac.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €8.48/m² a month, about level with Haute-Loire’s towns (€8.91/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). 114 houses and apartments changed hands in Beauzac from July 2023 to June 2026. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,765/m² | 110 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For its 1,300 residents in work, Beauzac has 1,050 jobs: 0.8 each. At the census, 4.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Haute-Loire’s towns (9.7%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment runs at 8.7%.
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.
374 deaths in Beauzac between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 302: 24% above. Adjusted mortality here: 99 deaths for every 100 expected. The nearest emergency department to Beauzac is Centre hospitalier de Firminy, 12.7 mi away. Life expectancy in Haute-Loire: 85.7 years for women and 80 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Beauzac is Église Saint-Jean. The 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
Those 65 and older account for nearly a quarter of residents. 17% are under 15, about level with both Haute-Loire’s towns (16%) and compared French towns (17%). Beauzac has a median age of 46.6.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
| Beauzac | Haute-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 20% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 27% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Violence against people averaged 1.7 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 8.4. The police record for Beauzac lists 22 offenses in 2025. Of the graded crimes locally, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
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 family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, 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, 27.4% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Beauzac has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Ruines de la chapelle du Fraisse: Photo: Jérôme Marcon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont de Confolent: Photo: L’auteur n’a pas pu être identifié automatiquement. Il est supposé qu'il s'agit de : Rue43120 (étant donné la revendication de droit d’auteur). · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Beauzac.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauzac | 2,954 | — | — | A | — | C− |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon | 2,688 | 3 | — | A− | — | C |
| Bas-en-Basset | 4,638 | 3.1 | A | A− | A+ | B− |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire | 8,823 | 4 | A− | B+ | B− | C+ |
| Retournac | 3,007 | 4.8 | A | A | A | B− |
| Sainte-Sigolène | 6,097 | 6.5 | A+ | A | A+ | B− |
| Yssingeaux | 7,415 | 8.1 | A | A− | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beauzac has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 7 burglaries and 15 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beauzac grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beauzac is a commune of 2,954 people in the Communauté de communes Marches du Velay-Rochebaron. 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.
