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1,381 people live in this town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Health is its weak spot (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 14% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. It lags on jobs & income as well (D): 0.2 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. Walkability is weaker too: 37% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Égriselles-le-Bocage 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 3 things Égriselles-le-Bocage does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Égriselles-le-Bocage 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.
Égriselles-le-Bocage has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Égriselles-le-Bocage: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1894.
24% 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 Égriselles-le-Bocage.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 134 deaths in Égriselles-le-Bocage from 2016 to 2025; there were 153, 14% more. In Yonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. The nearest emergency department to Égriselles-le-Bocage is Ch Sens, 7.8 mi away.
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 · Care-home places are adjusted for by TownRatings, using a model rather than an official statistic.
Unemployment stands at 11.2%. Half of residents lived on more than €25,880 a year per consumption unit, higher than Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and near compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.6% of working residents in Égriselles-le-Bocage 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.
Houses are advertised at an estimated €7.37/m² a month. The estimated advertised rent is €11.54/m² a month, between Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). From July 2023 to June 2026, 89 homes were sold in Égriselles-le-Bocage.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,458/m² | 89 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Its heritage reaches back to prehistory.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Graduates make up 19% of adults. People 65 and over make up 22% of the town, lower than Yonne’s towns (28%) and near compared French towns (22%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Égriselles-le-Bocage | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 37% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 19% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Égriselles-le-Bocage has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Égriselles-le-Bocage.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Égriselles-le-Bocage | 1,381 | — | — | B+ | — | D |
| Paron | 4,834 | 5.9 | C | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | 5,135 | 6.2 | D | B+ | D | C |
| Sens | 27,106 | 7.7 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Courtenay Loiret | 3,772 | 8.4 | B | B+ | B | C |
| Saint-Clément | 2,849 | 8.8 | C+ | C+ | C+ | B |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 3,391 | 12 | C | B+ | D | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Égriselles-le-Bocage has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.4 recorded violent incidents and 4.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Égriselles-le-Bocage grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Égriselles-le-Bocage is a commune of 1,381 people in the Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne. 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.