Some subjects shine; others lag. Health lags: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Belleville-en-Beaujolais grades C overall and ranks #87 of 107 in Rhône. Set against the rest, it does better than 31% of compared French towns. Prices are high against local incomes (C): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 6.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Getting around on foot or by bus is easy: 74% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for schools and B− for jobs & income.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
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 Belleville-en-Beaujolais 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.
Hôtel-Dieu: Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0 · Château de Pizay: Photo: Jlpigache · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Belleville-en-Beaujolais.
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Incomes in Belleville-en-Beaujolais come to a median €25,250 a year per consumption unit, against €30,220 in Rhône’s towns and €25,970 in compared French towns
21%walk, cycle or take transit
Just over a fifth of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, above Rhône’s towns (18.4%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. 7,600 jobs are based in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, for 6,250 working residents (1.2 per worker). Unemployment runs at 9.9%.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
Public transport13%
On foot6%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
7,600
jobs based in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 1.2 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,250
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 79% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Belleville-en-Beaujolais has a higher adjusted death rate than 72% of compared French towns
−4%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
1,378 deaths in Belleville-en-Beaujolais between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 1,197: 15% above. Adjusted for age and care homes, Belleville-en-Beaujolais records 96 deaths per 100 expected, above Rhône’s towns (76) and compared French towns (88) alike. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Belleville-en-Beaujolais is Polyclinique du Beaujolais, 7.1 mi away. 11 GPs practise locally.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw115
Adjusted96
Median town88
Expected100
11
GPs in Belleville-en-Beaujolais · 4.5 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Polyclinique du Beaujolais
7.1 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
Homes in Belleville-en-Beaujolais sell for €2,567/m² at the median, against €3,666/m² in Rhône’s towns and €2,430/m² in compared French towns
€2,567/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The split in Belleville-en-Beaujolais: €2,761/m² for houses, €2,368/m² for apartments. Advertised rents are estimated at €12.75/m² a month, about level with compared French towns (€12.41/m²) and below Rhône’s towns (€14.83/m²). Houses were 48% of what sold.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Belleville-en-Beaujolais€2,567/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Rhône median€3,666/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€2,761/m²
184
Apartments
€2,368/m²
202
€12.75/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.99 to €16.27/m² a month)
6.7
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€10.73/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,630
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Degrees are less common in Belleville-en-Beaujolais than in Rhône’s towns or across compared French towns: 25% of adults
39.6median age
Children under 15 count for a fifth of the people here. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town, lower than both Rhône’s towns (19%) and compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Belleville-en-Beaujolais are older than 39.6.
Belleville-en-BeaujolaisRhône medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Rhône median and France median: the median of compared communes
Safety
Belleville-en-Beaujolais ranks above 63% of compared French towns for crime per resident
10recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearC+Safety Grade
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 10 violent offenses and 14.4 graded property crimes a year. For 2025, the figures show 382 offenses in Belleville-en-Beaujolais. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025).
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage110
Other physical violence70
Burglary54
Family violence49
Theft from vehicles41
Vehicle theft31
Sexual violence27
Armed robbery0
Fraud109
Theft without violence97
Drug use48
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.
10
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
14.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
382
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.2%
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 · The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
History
3 historic monuments in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 2 classé
3historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Belleville-en-Beaujolais has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 2 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments locally is Hôtel-Dieu. The earliest of these monuments dates from the 12th century.
Franck Durix: Werner Getzmann, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Philippe Gardent: Doha Stadium Plus, CC BY 2.0 · Dominique Barjot: Boris vinogradov, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Philibert Claitte: Damien69100, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Philibert Chanay: Louis Emmanuel Soulange Teissier, Public domain
About Belleville-en-Beaujolais
Commune in Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Belleville-en-Beaujolais is a commune of 14,016 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
Population
14,016 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Saône-Beaujolais
Département
Rhône (69)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
8.8 sq mi (22.8 km²)
INSEE code
69019
Belleville-en-Beaujolais’ neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Belleville-en-Beaujolais
Is Belleville-en-Beaujolais safe?
It grades C+ for safety, #57 of 107 in Rhône. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 54 burglaries and 110 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Belleville-en-Beaujolais good?
They grade C+, better than 44% of compared French towns and #70 of 115 in Rhône. 96% of 364 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Aiguerande in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Belleville-en-Beaujolais expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns, so Belleville-en-Beaujolais grades C for cost of living.
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.
