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Some 4,662 people live in this town, in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
Bédée’s strongest is jobs & income — 0.6 jobs per working resident; 5.8% unemployment. Police record less crime here than in most towns (A): an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 10.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. A 70 m² home at the median €2,537/m² costs 6.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Montfort Communauté. The overall grade lands at A+, #12 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Set against the rest, it does better than 96% of compared French towns.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Bédée does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bédée 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 Bédée as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Restes du calvaire situé dans le cimetière, in La Nouaye, 2 mi away.
13% 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 Bédée.
More of the graded crimes in Bédée were criminal damage than anything else (2025). All told, Bédée had 73 recorded offenses in 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 other physical violence, sexual violence and vehicle theft, 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, 10.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
215 deaths in Bédée between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 286: 25% below. The nearest emergency department to Bédée is Chp Saint Gregoire, 12.1 mi away. In Ille-et-Vilaine, women can expect to live 86 years and men 80.9 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. 3 GPs practise here.
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.
Degrees are held by nearly two in five adults, close to Ille-et-Vilaine’s towns (39%) and above compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 16% of residents. Line up the people of Bédée by age and the one in the middle is 39.8.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
| Bédée | Ille-et-Vilaine median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 26% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| No diploma | 13% | 14% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 23% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 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.
Ranked by results, schools here are #43 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. The town’s pupils have a collège 2.8 mi away. At the general lycée, 97% of 270 candidates passed the bac, a point below the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Louis GuillouxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 154 | 95%+1 pt |
| Lycée René CassinNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 270 | 97%−1 pt |
| Collège Saint-Louis - Marie PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 156 | 98%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Households’ median disposable income: €28,060 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 4.2% of working residents in Bédée 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.
Behind the median of €2,537/m²: 120 houses and apartments sold in Bédée between July 2023 and June 2026. Of the homes sold, 88% were houses. House rents are put at about €10.70/m² a month.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,532/m² | 105 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and museums in and near Bédée. Best known first.
Nothing in Bédée is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Bédée.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bédée | 4,662 | — | A+ | C+ | A | A− |
| Pleumeleuc | 3,543 | 1.5 | A | B− | A+ | B+ |
| Breteil | 3,675 | 3.1 | A+ | B | A+ | A− |
| Montfort-sur-Meu | 6,810 | 3.2 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Romillé | 4,189 | 3.7 | — | B− | — | B− |
| Montauban-de-Bretagne | 6,597 | 5.2 | A | C+ | B+ | B |
| Saint-Gilles | 5,576 | 5.3 | A | C | B+ | A |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades A for safety, #18 of 75 in Ille-et-Vilaine. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 18 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B+, better than 72% of compared French towns and #43 of 80 in Ille-et-Vilaine. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Prices are close to the median of compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,537/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.73/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Bédée grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany
Bédée is a commune of 4,662 people in the Communauté de communes Montfort Communauté. 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.