Prices are modest for what you get: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also does well on walkability: 99% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 12% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its weakest is safety (C−): an average of 13 recorded violent incidents and 17.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools and B− for health.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Bellegarde 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 Bellegarde 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 Bellegarde.
HousingCost of living A
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Bellegarde than in Loiret’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.41/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median sale price was €1,208/m², lower than both Loiret’s towns (€1,877/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). Houses accounted for 94% of sales, apartments for the rest. The market in Bellegarde: 53 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
€1,208/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Bellegarde€1,208/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Loiret median€1,877/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,214/m²
50
€9.41/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.81 to €11.34/m² a month)
3.4
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.77/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,950
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Unemployment in Bellegarde, 16.0%, runs above Loiret’s towns and compared French towns
Half of residents lived on more than €22,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than both Loiret’s towns (€25,190) and compared French towns (€25,970). 900 jobs are based in Bellegarde, for 550 working residents (1.7 per worker). No commute at all: 4.3% of working residents in the town at the census.
12%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving82%
On foot8%
Public transport2%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
900
jobs based in Bellegarde, 1.7 per working resident
16.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,560
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A
Walkability: better than 88% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Bellegarde runs higher than in 83% of compared French towns
Police and gendarmerie recorded 35 offenses in Bellegarde in 2025. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
13recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC−Safety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage13
Family violence8
Sexual violence7
Theft from vehicles7
Armed robbery0
Fraud10
Theft without violence6
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.
13
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
17.9
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
35
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
16.9%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For other physical violence, burglary and vehicle theft, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 16.9% of the index here. That estimated share passes 10%, so treat this Safety Grade with more caution than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Who lives here
Fewer people in Bellegarde hold a degree than in Loiret’s towns or compared French towns: 17%
Children under 15 make up 15%, below both Loiret’s towns (18%) and compared French towns (17%). 29% of residents are 65 or over. People aged 15 to 24 are 12% of the population.
47.5median age
BellegardeLoiret medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma32%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education17%
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
INSEE, census 2023 · Loiret median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Bellegarde: 15% were built before 1919, more than in Loiret’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Bellegarde is Église Notre-Dame. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in the town: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Its oldest listed monument dates from the 12th century.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth B−
Bellegarde’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is lower than in 53% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 386 residents of Bellegarde died, against 326 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 19% more. Its care home for older people (94 places) counts its residents as Bellegarde’s; allowing for it, deaths were 13% below expected. The nearest emergency department to Bellegarde is Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise, 15.3 mi away. In Loiret, life expectancy at birth reaches 85.4 years for women and 80.3 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France.
−13%deaths against expected, after care homesB−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw119
Adjusted87
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Bellegarde · 1.2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise
15.3 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de L Agglomeration Montargoise
85.4 · 80.3
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Loiret, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Bellegarde
Are schools in Bellegarde good?
They grade B−, better than 53% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Bellegarde expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Bellegarde grades A for cost of living.
About Bellegarde
Commune in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire
Bellegarde is a commune of 1,440 people in the Communauté de communes Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais. 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
Population
1,440 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Canaux et Forêts en Gâtinais
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.
