Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are a strength too: brevet results 3 points above the expected rate. The weak point is jobs & income: 0.3 jobs per working resident; 9.9% unemployment. The rest of its grades are middling: C+ for health and B− for walkability.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Deux Rivières 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.
Each subject compares Deux Rivières 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.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Deux Rivières.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Deux Rivières costs less than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.67/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €1,095/m², lower than both Yonne’s towns (€1,433/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 54 homes were sold in Deux Rivières. The sales split: 96% houses, the rest apartments.
€1,095/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Deux Rivières€1,095/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,095/m²
52
€8.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.15 to €10.50/m² a month)
2.9
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.04/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€26,060
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Deux Rivières are 15 to 24: 9.5%, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns
Degrees are held by 23% of adults, above Yonne’s towns (21%) but below compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 26% of residents. Half of Deux Rivières is older than 48.1, half younger.
48.1median age
Deux RivièresYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Deux Rivières keeps more of its old housing than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 32% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Deux Rivières is Église Saint-Pierre Saint-Paul. Its heritage reaches back to the 14th century. Part of the town has been protected as a historic area since 1989. On the Culture ministry’s list, Deux Rivières counts 3 historic monuments: 2 classé at the top level of protection and 1 inscrit at the second.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
Allowing for age and care homes, deaths in Deux Rivières run higher than in 58% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Deux Rivières’ deaths ran at 91 per 100 expected, about level with compared French towns (88) and below Yonne’s towns (95). From 2016 to 2025, 122 residents of Deux Rivières died, against 135 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. The nearest emergency department to Deux Rivières is Ch Auxerre, 10.9 mi away. Average lifespans in Yonne: 84.2 years for women, 78.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Deux Rivières · 1.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.9 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Auxerre
10.9 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Auxerre
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Deux Rivières than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.0%
Unemployment stood at 9.9%, below Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,730 a year. 3.5% of Deux Rivières’ working residents had no journey to work at the census.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving87%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
Public transport1%
150
jobs based in Deux Rivières, 0.3 per working resident
9.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 51% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Deux Rivières
Is Deux Rivières safe?
Deux Rivières has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.6 recorded violent incidents and 9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Are schools in Deux Rivières good?
They grade A−, better than 81% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Deux Rivières expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Deux Rivières grades A+ for cost of living.
About Deux Rivières
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Deux Rivières is a commune of 1,245 people in the Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs. 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
1,245 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs
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.
