Beaujeu has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 20% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times 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.
Each subject compares Beaujeu 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 Beaujeu.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Beaujeu sees more deaths than Rhône’s towns or compared French towns: 120 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In the comparison, Beaujeu comes above both Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 665 residents of Beaujeu died, against 343 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 94% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+20%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw194
Adjusted120
Median town88
Expected100
5
GPs in Beaujeu · 2.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
11.4 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
11.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
87.1 · 81.9
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Rhône, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B+
The median disposable income in Beaujeu is €24,940 a year per consumption unit, against €30,220 in Rhône’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 6.9%, close to Rhône’s towns (8.1%) and below compared French towns (10.1%). Beaujeu has 1,000 jobs for 900 working residents, 1.1 per worker.
16%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving77%
On foot10%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
1,000
jobs based in Beaujeu, 1.1 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,940
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B+
Walkability: better than 70% of compared French towns
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Beaujeu: 29% were built before 1919, more than in Rhône’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
On this, Beaujeu is above both Rhône’s towns (8.3%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Beaujeu: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Beaujeu is Église Saint-Nicolas.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Beaujeu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Police and gendarmerie recorded 16 offenses in the graded categories in Beaujeu in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 38.1% of the index here.
6.7recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage10
Family violence6
Armed robbery0
Fraud23
Theft without violence10
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.
6.7
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
16
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
38.1%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Beaujeu
Is Beaujeu safe?
Beaujeu has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.7 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Beaujeu good?
They grade B+, better than 68% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Beaujeu expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.46/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Beaujeu grades B+ for cost of living.
About Beaujeu
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Beaujeu is a commune of 2,082 people in the Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais. 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.
