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A town of 1,049 in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Bévenais has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is schools (C−): brevet results 6 points below the expected rate. Its strongest is cost of living (A): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 31% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Bévenais does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Bévenais 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Bévenais as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Pupetières, in Châbons, 5.4 mi away.
26% 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 Bévenais.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Bévenais recorded 25 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Houses made up 96% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 63 residents of Bévenais died, against 83 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 24% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Bévenais is Hopital de Voiron Chu de Grenoble Alpes, 9.3 mi away. Also worth knowing: life expectancy in Isère: 86.8 years for women and 81.6 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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The nearest collège is 1.7 mi away. General-bac pupils go 5.9 mi to the nearest lycée. At the collèges within 5 km of Bévenais, 88.0% passed the brevet, close to both Isère’s towns (87.4%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Liers et LempsNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 155 | 88%−6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Jobs located in Bévenais: 100, for 500 residents in work (0.2 each). Half of residents lived on more than €28,440 a year per consumption unit, above Isère’s towns (€27,110) and compared French towns (€25,970) alike. The census found 8.8% of commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Over-65s are 19% of the population. 9.7% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Isère’s towns (11%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 34% have a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Bévenais | Isère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 23% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 19% | 21% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 19% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 24% | 24% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 34% | 33% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Isère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Bévenais is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Bévenais yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bévenais | 1,049 | — | — | A | — | A− |
| Le Grand-Lemps | 3,083 | 1.6 | B | B | B | B− |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs | 3,425 | 4.5 | B | B− | C+ | B+ |
| Apprieu | 3,615 | 5.3 | A | C+ | A− | B+ |
| La Côte-Saint-André | 4,873 | 6.2 | C− | C+ | D− | C− |
| Rives | 6,549 | 6.4 | C+ | B− | C+ | B |
| Renage | 3,348 | 6.6 | B | B+ | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Bévenais has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.8 recorded violent incidents and 9.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C−, better than 21% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Bévenais is a commune of 1,049 people in the Communauté de communes de Bièvre Est. 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) · 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 October 30, 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.