Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
With 147 residents, it is a town in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Villargoix has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Holiday and other second homes account for just over a fifth of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 33% of residents.
The 2 things Villargoix does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Villargoix as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Andoche, in Saulieu, 3.4 mi away.
58% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villargoix.
10% of residents are aged 15 to 24. Degrees are held by 26% of adults, lower than both Côte-d'Or’s towns (31%) and compared French towns (30%). Ages in Villargoix split evenly at 56.9: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
| Villargoix | Côte-d'Or median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 11% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 33% | 24% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 22% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 38% | 25% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 26% | 31% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Côte-d'Or median and France median: the median of compared communes
The census found one in ten commuters going to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €22,480 a year per consumption unit, below both Côte-d'Or’s towns (€25,550) and compared French towns (€25,970). Also worth knowing: at the census, 3.4% of working residents in Villargoix didn’t travel to work at all.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 2 homes in Villargoix. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.83/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Villargoix is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Villargoix yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villargoix | 147 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Semur-en-Auxois | 3,986 | 14 | A− | A− | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Villargoix is a commune of 147 people in the Communauté de communes Saulieu-Morvan. 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) · 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 November 4, 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.