FR Cette page existe en français : Genay en français → Votre navigateur est réglé en français. Votre choix est retenu pour les prochaines pages. GenayCôte-d'Or With 370 residents, it is a town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Is Genay a good place to live? At under 1,000 residents, Genay is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for 10% of homes.
Genay’s grade
Overall Not graded
Why Too small to grade
What makes Genay stand out The one thing Genay does most differently from other towns.
Menhir dit Grande Borne ou Pierre-Sainte-Christine · Classé · Photo: CrlNvl · CC BY-SA 4.0
Genay’s story
Genay in pictures
On the Culture ministry’s list, Genay counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1910.
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
1910 First protected: Menhir dit Grande Borne ou Pierre-Sainte-Christine Explore the history →
The data Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Genay.
History
Genay keeps more of its old housing than Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 30% built before 1919 France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Genay is Menhir dit Grande Borne ou Pierre-Sainte-Christine. The earliest of these monuments dates from prehistory.
1 historic monument
Monuments by protection · Mérimée Classé 1
Inscrit 0
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1910
first monument protected
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up 19% of Genay, above Côte-d'Or’s towns and compared French towns The share aged 15 to 24 is 9.8%. Line up the people of Genay by age and the one in the middle is 42. Just over a fifth of residents have reached 65.
42 median age
Ages · share of residents Under 15 15–24 25–44 45–64 65+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education No diploma 16%
CAP or BEP 30%
Baccalauréat 20%
Higher education 30%
Women and men · all residents 55% women, 45% men
Men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Genay Genay Côte-d'Or median France median Under 15 19% 15% 17% 15–24 9.8% 11% 11% 25–44 25% 22% 23% 45–64 24% 26% 26% 65+ 22% 24% 22% No diploma 16% 22% 19% CAP or BEP 30% 25% 26% Baccalauréat 20% 17% 18% Higher education 30% 31% 30%
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Genay than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or compared French towns: 4.3% Unemployment stands at 6.6%. For its 150 residents in work, Genay has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. No commute at all: 6.0% of working residents here at the census.
4% walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023 Driving 87%
On foot 3%
Motorbike or scooter 3%
Public transport 1%
Bicycle 0%
50
jobs based in Genay, 0.2 per working resident
6.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
88.7% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 1.5 points below the expected rate Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 3.1 mi away. The nearest collège is 3 mi away.
88.7% passed the brevet
Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km Genay 88.7%
Median of towns 87.5%
88.7%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −1.5 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Genay than in Côte-d'Or’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.42/m² a month Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 7 homes were sold in Genay.
€8.42/m² estimated apartment rent a month
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month Genay €8.42/m²
Median of towns €12.41/m²
Côte-d'Or median €12.92/m²
€8.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.92 to €10.26/m² a month)
€7.83/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Genay 12 pages on Genay
Landmarks Genay has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
All monuments → Photo credits Menhir dit Grande Borne ou Pierre-Sainte-Christine: Photo: CrlNvl · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Genay Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Genay yet.
How we find them →
How the neighbors grade
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Genay Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Genay is a commune of 370 people in the Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois. 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 370 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Terres d'Auxois
Département Côte-d'Or (21)
Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area 5.3 sq mi (13.8 km²)
INSEE code 21291 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.
