Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Some 1,256 people live in this town, in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. Over-65s are 28% of the population.
The local economy does well (A−): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 4.1% unemployment. Health is a strength: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 22% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 76% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 5% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. At the median price of €1,781/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi. Beaucé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Beaucé 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.
Beaucé has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The 2 things Beaucé does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Beaucé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle Saint-Pierre-d'Iné, in Fougères, 1.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Nothing in Beaucé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaucé.
The census found 5.3% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €26,100 a year per consumption unit.
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.
In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Beaucé come to 78 per 100 predicted. From 2016 to 2025, 87 residents of Beaucé died, against 111 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 22% 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 care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,781/m²: 33 houses and apartments sold in Beaucé between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,781/m² | 33 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Young adults of 15 to 24 are 7.6% of residents, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%) alike. Children are 16% of the town. The age that splits Beaucé in two is 51.4.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Beaucé | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 28% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 21% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 34% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 22% | 39% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ille-et-Vilaine median and France median: the median of compared communes
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Beaucé is 94.7%, below Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (97.0%) but above compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 1.7 mi to the nearest one.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Thérèse PierreNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 86%−4 pts |
| Lycée Jean GuéhennoNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 316 | 95%−2 pts |
| Collège Sainte-Marie PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 173 | 96%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Beaucé. Best known first.
MuseumMusée Emmanuel-de-la-Villéon3.7 km west, in FougèresMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCouvent des Clarisses Urbanistes de Fougères3.6 km northwest, in FougèresFortFortTour du Four3.6 km northwest, in FougèresFortFortTour du Ravelin3.6 km west, in FougèresFortFortTour Desnos3.8 km northwest, in FougèresPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Beaucé yet.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Beaucé is a commune of 1,256 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Fougères Agglomération. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucé | 1,256 | — | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Fougères | 20,307 | 2 | B− | B | D | B+ |
| Lécousse | 3,530 | 3.2 | A+ | B | A− | A+ |
| Rives-du-Couesnon | 2,927 | 9.5 | — | B+ | — | A− |
| Maen Roch | 5,088 | 10 | A | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Louvigné-du-Désert | 3,346 | 10 | A | A | B | B |
| Ernée Mayenne | 5,499 | 11 | A+ | A | B− | A− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Beaucé has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.1 recorded violent incidents and 8.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade B, better than 64% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,781/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beaucé grades B+ for cost of living.
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.