Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Over-65s are 31% of the population. A town of 1,394 in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Génelard’s strongest is cost of living: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. School results are strong (A+): brevet results 6 points above the expected rate. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for health, C+ for jobs & income and B− for walkability. Homes change hands at a median €776/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Génelard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Génelard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Génelard 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.
Génelard has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Génelard as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Benoît, in Perrecy-les-Forges, 2.7 mi away.
15% 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 Génelard.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Génelard recorded 50 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Among the homes sold, 84% were houses.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €864/m² | 42 |
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.
Near Génelard, 96.0% of collège pupils passed the brevet, higher than both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (90.0%) and compared French towns (87.5%). For the general bac, the closest lycée is 9.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jules FerryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 77 | 96%+6 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3% of the town, below both Saône-et-Loire’s towns (9.5%) and compared French towns (11%). Degrees are held by a fifth of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
| Génelard | Saône-et-Loire median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.3% | 9.5% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 19% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 30% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 25% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 33% | 31% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 17% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Saône-et-Loire median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 178 deaths in Génelard from 2016 to 2025; there were 153, 14% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Génelard is Centre hospitalier de Montceau, 6.3 mi away. Life expectancy in Saône-et-Loire: 85.5 years for women and 78.9 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
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. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Génelard holds 500 jobs; 500 of its residents are in work, so 1 jobs each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €23,920 a year per consumption unit. Public transport took 2.4% of the town’s working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Génelard is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
5 notable people were born in Génelard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Génelard | 1,394 | — | — | A+ | — | B |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines | 4,235 | 6 | A | A+ | A | C+ |
| Saint-Vallier | 8,508 | 7.2 | B+ | A | A− | C− |
| Montceau-les-Mines | 17,064 | 8.6 | B− | A | C− | B− |
| Gueugnon | 6,528 | 8.9 | A+ | A+ | B | B+ |
| Charolles | 2,772 | 10 | A+ | A | A | B− |
| Blanzy | 5,955 | 11 | A | A | B+ | B+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Génelard has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.2 recorded violent incidents and 4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade A+, better than 97% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Génelard grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Génelard is a commune of 1,394 people in the Communauté urbaine Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines. 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 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.