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A town of 1,288 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Gron has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (C+): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 8% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Its strongest is jobs & income (A): 2 jobs per working resident; 7.7% unemployment.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Gron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Gron 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.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Gron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Preigts, in Sens, 2.7 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Gron. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Sens4.8 km north, in Sens
Historic housePalais synodal de Sens4.8 km north, in SensMonastery or conventMonastery or conventCarmel de Sens5 km northeast, in SensGardenGardenParc du Moulin à Tan3.4 km northeast, in SensMuseumMuseumMusée Jean-Cousin de Sens4.6 km north, in SensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Gron.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
At birth, a girl in Yonne can expect 84.2 years and a boy 78.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3. 83 deaths in Gron between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 90: 8% below. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Gron come to 92 per 100 predicted.
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 · This figure includes a care-home adjustment that TownRatings models; no official statistic exists. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to A−.
The median disposable income is €26,430 a year per consumption unit. Gron has 1,150 jobs for 550 working residents, 2 per worker. At the census, 12.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, about level with compared French towns (13.4%) and below Yonne’s towns (17.2%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For collège, the closest is 2.1 mi away.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 78%−5 pts |
| Collège Saint-Étienne PrivateBest against expectations: 5 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 140 | 100%+5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
28% of adults hold a degree, higher than Yonne’s towns (21%) and near compared French towns (30%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. Gron has a median age of 43.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Gron | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 16% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Gron recorded 28 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Gron 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 Gron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gron | 1,288 | — | — | C+ | — | C+ |
| Paron | 4,834 | 2 | C | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Sens | 27,106 | 3.1 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Saint-Clément | 2,849 | 4.4 | C+ | C+ | C+ | B |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | 5,135 | 5.5 | D | B+ | D | C |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 3,391 | 9.2 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Courtenay Loiret | 3,772 | 13 | B | B+ | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Gron has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 6.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Gron is a commune of 1,288 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais. 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 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.