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It is a town of 5,093 residents in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Mostly strong, with a single weak spot. Schools do well: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. With an A− overall, Genlis sits #5 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. On that grade it does better than 83% of compared French towns. At the median price of €2,005/m², a 70 m² home costs 5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine Dijonnaise. What holds it back is health (C−).
Figures: 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.
The one thing Genlis does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Genlis 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Genlis as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château avec son jardin, in Bressey-sur-Tille, 5.2 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Genlis.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #1 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. The nearest general lycée is 6.3 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Albert CamusNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 140 | 95%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, above both Côte-d'Or’s towns (9.9%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 14.1% of commuters got to work without a car. Per resident in work, Genlis counts 1 jobs (2,100 jobs, 2,200 workers).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Genlis: 100 deaths for every 100 expected. 560 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 487: 15% above. The nearest emergency department to Genlis is Hopital le Bocage Chru Dijon, 9.2 mi away. For a family doctor, residents of Genlis can choose among 12 GPs.
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.
On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 6.4 violent offenses and 11.4 graded property crimes a year. Genlis’s tally for 2025: 83 recorded offenses. Among the graded crimes here, the most frequent 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 · Small counts of sexual violence and vehicle theft go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 2.6% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
176 sales of houses and apartments in Genlis, from July 2023 to June 2026, give the median of €2,005/m². Apartments in Genlis sell for €1,600/m², houses for €2,181/m². Houses were 68% of what sold.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €2,181/m² | 119 |
| Apartments | €1,600/m² | 57 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The age that splits Genlis in two is 44.9. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, lower than Côte-d'Or’s towns (24%) and near compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 make up 16% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Genlis | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 21% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Genlis is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 2 people here, but for none of them do the articles confirm Genlis as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genlis | 5,093 | — | A− | B | B+ | C− |
| Neuilly-Crimolois | 3,588 | 5.8 | B+ | C | A+ | B− |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur | 11,108 | 6 | B | C− | B+ | B |
| Arc-sur-Tille | 2,584 | 7.2 | — | A− | — | A |
| Quetigny | 8,971 | 7.4 | C | C− | C− | B |
| Longvic | 8,896 | 8.4 | C+ | C | C+ | C |
| Auxonne | 7,581 | 8.8 | C+ | A− | C+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety, #5 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 9 burglaries and 30 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 91% of compared French towns and #1 of 20 in Côte-d'Or. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €2,005/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Genlis grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Genlis is a commune of 5,093 people in the Communauté de communes de la Plaine Dijonnaise. 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.