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The town has 703 residents and lies in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Guillon-Terre-Plaine is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 19% of its housing. It skews older: 36% of residents are 65 or over.
The 2 things Guillon-Terre-Plaine does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Guillon-Terre-Plaine, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1976.
43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Guillon-Terre-Plaine.
A fifth of adults hold a degree. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly one in ten residents, below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Residents of Guillon-Terre-Plaine have a median age of 55.4.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Guillon-Terre-Plaine | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.1% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 36% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 23% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The protected list starts in the 12th century. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Guillon-Terre-Plaine, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
8.7% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Guillon-Terre-Plaine has 200 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.8 per worker. Half of residents lived on more than €25,240 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Yonne’s towns (€23,390).
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.
The market in Guillon-Terre-Plaine: 28 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage in and near Guillon-Terre-Plaine. Best known first.
The list names few of Guillon-Terre-Plaine’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Château (ancien): Photo: Patrick89 · CC BY-SA 2.5
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Guillon-Terre-Plaine as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guillon-Terre-Plaine | 703 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avallon | 6,305 | 8.5 | B− | A− | D− | C |
| Semur-en-Auxois Côte-d'Or | 3,986 | 12 | A− | A− | C | B− |
| Montbard Côte-d'Or | 4,639 | 14 | B | A− | C+ | A− |
| Venarey-les-Laumes Côte-d'Or | 2,747 | 17 | A− | A | A+ | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Guillon-Terre-Plaine is a commune of 703 people in the Communauté de communes du Serein. 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.