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Population 5,732: a town in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire.
The picture is mixed. People here tend to be in good health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 43% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Households here earn well (A+): 3.6 jobs per working resident; 7.8% unemployment. A 70 m² home at the median €2,981/m² costs 8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole. Crime runs high: an average of 7.3 recorded violent incidents and 21.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Overall, that makes a B+, good for #40 of 52 in Maine-et-Loire. That leaves it better than nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Figures: deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · 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.
Each subject compares Beaucouzé 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 2 things Beaucouzé does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Beaucouzé as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Chapelle de la Barre, in Angers, 1.6 mi away.
2.9% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Beaucouzé is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Beaucouzé.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 415 deaths in Beaucouzé from 2016 to 2025; there were 238, 43% fewer. Women in Maine-et-Loire live to 86.4 on average and men to 81.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 5 family doctors.
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 · That adjustment for care homes is a model of TownRatings’ own, not official data.
Half of residents lived on more than €28,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€25,450) and compared French towns (€25,970). Nearly a fifth of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 7.8%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Recorded offenses in Beaucouzé came to 166 in 2025. This Maine-et-Loire town comes 51st of the 52 compared towns in Maine-et-Loire on the Safety Grade. It has 8,650 jobs for 2,400 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses. Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
School results put the town #40 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. The town’s pupils have a collège 1.5 mi away. Near Beaucouzé, 93.7% of lycée candidates passed the bac, near both Maine-et-Loire’s towns (94.0%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean MonnetNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 126 | 91%−4 pts |
| Lycée Henri BergsonNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 232 | 98%±0 pts |
| Collège Saint-Charles PrivateBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 191 | 99%+2 pts |
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.
Behind the median of €2,981/m²: 105 houses and apartments sold in Beaucouzé between July 2023 and June 2026. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.64/m² a month, higher than Maine-et-Loire’s towns (€10.78/m²) yet lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Houses accounted for 87% of sales, apartments for the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,923/m² | 91 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Just over one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Children under 15 make up 18%, near Maine-et-Loire’s towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 23% of residents.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Maine-et-Loire 50.9%, France 51.8%.
| Beaucouzé | Maine-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 23% | 22% |
| No diploma | 12% | 20% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 18% | 18% |
| Higher education | 44% | 29% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Maine-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Heritage, museums and family days out in and near Beaucouzé. Best known first.
MuseumCouvent des Cordeliers d'Angers4.2 km southeast, in AngersChâteauChâteauChâteau de Guinezertin townChâteauChâteauChâteau de Vilnierein townArt galleryArt galleryLa Grange Dîmièrein townMonastery or conventMonastery or conventAbbaye Saint-Nicolas d'Angers4.1 km east, in AngersPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Beaucouzé yet.
Commune in Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire
Beaucouzé is a commune of 5,732 people in the Communauté urbaine Angers Loire Métropole. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucouzé | 5,732 | — | B+ | C | C− | A+ |
| Saint-Lambert-la-Potherie | 2,974 | 2.5 | — | B− | — | A+ |
| Bouchemaine | 6,580 | 2.6 | A− | D | A | B+ |
| Avrillé | 15,251 | 2.7 | A− | C− | B+ | A |
| Saint-Léger-de-Linières | 3,866 | 3 | A+ | C | A | A+ |
| Angers | 159,022 | 3.6 | C | D | C | A |
| Montreuil-Juigné | 7,808 | 4 | B+ | C− | B | A+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 6 burglaries and 44 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 28% of compared French towns and #40 of 50 in Maine-et-Loire. 98% of 232 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Henri Bergson in 2025, at the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost more than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,981/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Beaucouzé grades C for cost of living.
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.