Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are only 11% of the population. A town of 3,097 in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 32% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Beaumont grades B overall, better than 62% of compared French towns. It ranks #19 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. The local economy does well: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 7.3% unemployment. What holds it back is cost of living (C−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 7.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for safety and B for walkability.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Beaumont does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Beaumont 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Beaumont as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Dolmen dit La-Pierre-aux-Fées, in Reignier-Ésery, 9 mi away.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Beaumont. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaumont.
Nearly one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. People 65 and over make up just over a tenth of the town, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (17%) and compared French towns (22%). The age that splits Beaumont in two is 37.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
| Beaumont | Haute-Savoie median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 22% | 19% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 9.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 33% | 28% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 11% | 17% | 22% |
| No diploma | 9.3% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 47% | 37% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Savoie median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Beaumont has 2 family doctors. Average lifespans in Haute-Savoie: 86.6 years for women, 81.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. France’s death rates at each age would predict 132 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 90, 32% fewer.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €4,939/m², above both Haute-Savoie’s towns (€4,342/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Apartments in Beaumont sell for €4,995/m², houses for €4,915/m². The town recorded 114 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €4,915/m² | 44 |
| Apartments | €4,995/m² | 70 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
8.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. Unemployment stood at 7.3%, lower than both Haute-Savoie’s towns (8.1%) and compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Each year (2023–2025 average), violence against people came to 4.3 per 1,000 residents and the graded property crimes to 19.1. The police record for Beaumont lists 57 offenses in 2025. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (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 · Small counts of other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 8.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Nothing in Beaumont is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Beaumont.
André Taponier: André Taponier (1869-1930), Public domain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 3,097 | — | B | C− | C+ | A |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois | 16,222 | 3.5 | B− | C | C | A |
| Collonges-sous-Salève | 3,832 | 3.6 | B− | C | D | A |
| Viry | 5,809 | 3.8 | B | C | B− | A |
| Cruseilles | 5,376 | 4.6 | A− | C+ | B− | B |
| Groisy | 4,082 | 6.6 | — | D | — | B+ |
| Étrembières | 2,679 | 6.8 | D | D− | D | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #34 of 57 in Haute-Savoie. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 19 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beaumont grades C− for cost of living.
Commune in Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beaumont is a commune of 3,097 people in the Communauté de communes du Genevois. 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.
