Beaulieu-lès-Loches’s best grade is for health — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 23% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes sell for a median €1,695/m², so 70 m² costs 4.8 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. Work and incomes lag: 0.5 jobs per working resident; 8.4% unemployment. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B for schools 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 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Beaulieu-lès-Loches 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 Beaulieu-lès-Loches 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 Beaulieu-lès-Loches.
HealthHealth A−
Adjusted for age and care homes, Beaulieu-lès-Loches sees fewer deaths than 79% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Beaulieu-lès-Loches records 77 deaths per 100 expected, near Indre-et-Loire’s towns (79) and lower than compared French towns (88). France’s death rates at each age would predict 228 deaths locally from 2016 to 2025; there were 175, 23% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Indre-et-Loire is 86.1 years for women and 81 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. For a family doctor, residents of Beaulieu-lès-Loches have one GP on hand.
−23%deaths against expected, after care homesA−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw77
Adjusted77
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Beaulieu-lès-Loches · 3.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
0.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Chru de Tours Antenne de Loches
20.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Pole Sante Leonard de Vinci
86.1 · 81
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Indre-et-Loire, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Fewer children live in Beaulieu-lès-Loches than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15
32% of residents are 65 or over, above both Indre-et-Loire’s towns (24%) and compared French towns (22%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4% of the town. Among adults, 27% have a degree.
53.3median age
Beaulieu-lès-LochesIndre-et-Loire medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education27%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Indre-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
HousingCost of living B+
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Beaulieu-lès-Loches than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.62/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,695/m², comes from 71 sales of houses and apartments in Beaulieu-lès-Loches from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €6.90/m² a month. Houses made up 97% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€1,695/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Beaulieu-lès-Loches€1,695/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Indre-et-Loire median€2,465/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,735/m²
69
€9.62/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.38 to €12.54/m² a month)
4.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€6.90/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,560
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C+
The median disposable income in Beaulieu-lès-Loches is €25,010 a year per consumption unit, against €27,340 in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
Public transport took 2.7% of Beaulieu-lès-Loches’ working residents to work at the census. At the census, 4.5% of working residents in Beaulieu-lès-Loches didn’t travel to work at all. Unemployment stood at 8.4%, about level with Indre-et-Loire’s towns (8.2%) and below compared French towns (10.1%).
13%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving80%
Bicycle6%
On foot5%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter2%
350
jobs based in Beaulieu-lès-Loches, 0.5 per working resident
8.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,010
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 61% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Old homes shape Beaulieu-lès-Loches: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Indre-et-Loire’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Scaled to its population, that is 75 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Beaulieu-lès-Loches. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 2014. On the Culture ministry’s list, Beaulieu-lès-Loches counts 13 historic monuments: 3 classé at the top level of protection and 9 inscrit at the second. Among the classé monuments in the town is Cromlech de la Croix Bonnin.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Schools
87.6% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4.4 points below the expected rate
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Near Beaulieu-lès-Loches, 97.5% of lycée candidates passed the bac, above Indre-et-Loire’s towns (95.3%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. For collège, the closest is 1 mi away.
99%passed the bac (general and technological)BSchool Grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Beaulieu-lès-Loches
Is Beaulieu-lès-Loches safe?
Beaulieu-lès-Loches has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 11 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Beaulieu-lès-Loches good?
They grade B, better than 60% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Beaulieu-lès-Loches expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,695/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beaulieu-lès-Loches grades B+ for cost of living.
About Beaulieu-lès-Loches
Commune in Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire
Beaulieu-lès-Loches is a commune of 1,733 people in the Communauté de communes Loches Sud Touraine. 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.
