Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 421 residents in Lozère, Occitanie.
There are no grades for Les Bessons: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 14% of its housing.
The one thing Les Bessons does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Les Bessons as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien château d'Apcher, in Prunières, 4.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Les Bessons.
Children under 15 make up 11% of residents. Degrees are held by 23% of adults, below both Lozère’s towns (25%) and compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up nearly a quarter of the town.
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
| Les Bessons | Lozère median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 11% | 13% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 15% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 37% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 29% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 26% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 23% | 25% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Lozère median and France median: the median of compared communes
Jobs located in Les Bessons: 50, for 200 residents in work (0.2 each). Half of residents lived on more than €25,750 a year per consumption unit, above Lozère’s towns (€23,770) and close to compared French towns (€25,970). 6.2% of Les Bessons’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
The bac pass rate near Les Bessons is 96.6%, near Lozère’s towns (96.4%) and higher than compared French towns (92.9%). The nearest collège is 2.2 mi away. At the two general lycées, 100% of 73 candidates passed the bac, a point above the expected rate.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Haut-GévaudanNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 76 | 95%+8 pts |
| Lycée privé polyvalent Sacré-Coeur PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 36 | 100% |
| Lycée polyvalent Théophile RousselBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateGeneral lycée | General lycée | 73 | 100%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Les Bessons from July 2023 to June 2026: 6 houses and apartments. A house rents for an estimated €7.00/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Les Bessons 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 Les Bessons 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bessons | 421 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher | 3,955 | 2.3 | A+ | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Marvejols | 4,764 | 16 | A | A− | B+ | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Lozère, Occitanie
Les Bessons is a commune of 421 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres d'Apcher-Margeride-Aubrac. 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.