Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 10,219 in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Le Beausset grades C overall: better than 29% of compared French towns, and #21 of 73 in Var. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 10.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its strongest is walkability (B): 73% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Le Beausset does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Le Beausset 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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Le Beausset has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1970.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Le Beausset.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Apartments in Le Beausset sell for €3,652/m², houses for €5,017/m². The estimated advertised rent is €15.10/m² a month, about level with Var’s towns (€14.43/m²) and above compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The sales split: 58% houses, the rest apartments.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €5,017/m² | 244 |
| Apartments | €3,652/m² | 180 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 5.5 mi away. Schools rank #41 of 63 in Var.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean GionoNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 156 | 92%−2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment stands at 8.6%. Le Beausset has 2,300 jobs for 4,500 working residents, 0.5 per worker. No commute at all: 3.8% of working residents here at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Those aged 15 to 24 account for 9% of residents. 26% of residents are 65 or over, near Var’s towns (26%) and higher than compared French towns (22%). Le Beausset has a median age of 48.6.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
| Le Beausset | Var median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 8.8% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 21% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 28% | 26% |
| 65+ | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| No diploma | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 21% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 20% | 18% |
| Higher education | 39% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Var median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Le Beausset; none is classé, France’s top protection. 12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Violence against people averaged 5.4 per 1,000 residents a year over 2023–2025; graded property crimes averaged 14.5. In all, 228 offenses reached the police record in Le Beausset in 2025. The graded crime recorded most here was criminal damage (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.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
There are 15 general practitioners in Le Beausset. Its care home for older people (89 places) counts its residents as Le Beausset’s; allowing for it, deaths were 10% below expected. From 2016 to 2025, 1,070 residents of Le Beausset died, against 1,097 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 2% fewer. Average lifespans in Var: 86 years for women, 80.3 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
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 · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Museums and heritage in and near Le Beausset. Best known first.
Le Beausset has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Chapelle Notre-Dame de Beauvoir: Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Le Beausset.
Yannick Dalmas: Eric HOUDAS, CC BY-SA 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Beausset | 10,219 | — | C | D | B | C+ |
| Le Castellet | 6,040 | 1.9 | D | D | B− | B− |
| La Cadière-d'Azur | 5,739 | 3.6 | C+ | D | B | B |
| Bandol | 8,267 | 4.8 | D | D− | D | C+ |
| Sanary-sur-Mer | 18,538 | 4.9 | C− | D− | C− | B |
| Ollioules | 14,568 | 5 | C | D | C− | B |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer | 11,658 | 5.4 | C− | D− | D | B |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B for safety, #18 of 73 in Var. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 38 burglaries and 86 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C−, better than 24% of compared French towns and #41 of 63 in Var. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Le Beausset grades D for cost of living.
Commune in Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Le Beausset is a commune of 10,219 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Sud Sainte Baume. 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) · 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 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.
