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A town of 4,114 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Monéteau grades B+ overall: better than 75% of compared French towns, and #3 of 19 in Yonne. Its weakest subject is safety (C−): an average of 11.3 recorded violent incidents and 19.2 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. At the median price of €1,749/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois. Its strongest is schools (A): bac results 1.3 points above the expected rate; brevet results 0.6 points above the expected rate.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Monéteau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Monéteau 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 2 historic monuments in Monéteau: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 20th century; the first monument here was protected in 1947.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Monéteau.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
93.2% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Monéteau, above Yonne’s towns (84.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%) alike. By results, schools here place #1 of 18 in Yonne. Vocational results within 5 km: 100% passed the bac pro, of 20 candidates.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Saint-Joseph-La Salle PrivateNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 167 | 98%+2 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Saint-Joseph La Salle PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 122 | 99%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Monéteau has 4,150 jobs for 1,550 working residents, so people come in from nearby communes to work. All told, Monéteau had 140 recorded offenses in 2025. Criminal damage topped the graded crimes in Monéteau (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When armed robbery number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (1.8% of the index here). Crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its residents, so a town that draws people in from around can look higher. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
People 65 and over make up 32% of the town, higher than both Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Half the people of Monéteau are older than 52.1.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Monéteau | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 19% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 389 residents of Monéteau died, against 464 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 16% fewer. Life expectancy at birth in Yonne is 84.2 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. This Yonne town has 3 family doctors.
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 · Note: TownRatings models the care-home adjustment; it is not an official figure.
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Nearly a tenth of its homes were built before 1919, between Yonne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Among the classé monuments in Monéteau is Pont dit Pont de pierre. Protection here reaches back to the 20th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 115 homes were sold in Monéteau. Houses accounted for 93% of sales, apartments for the rest. The estimated advertised rent is €11.22/m² a month, between Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,736/m² | 107 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
At the census, 8.5% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €25,830 a year.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and family days out in and near Monéteau. Best known first.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Monéteau: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Pont dit Pont de pierre: Photo: Eurasia21eu · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Monéteau 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monéteau | 4,114 | — | B+ | B | C− | B |
| Appoigny | 3,114 | 3 | A | B+ | A | B |
| Auxerre | 35,097 | 3.6 | C− | B | D | C+ |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche | 3,151 | 3.9 | A | B− | A− | B+ |
| Migennes | 6,688 | 8.7 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon | 3,032 | 10 | B− | A+ | C | B− |
| Montholon | 2,709 | 11 | B | A | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C− for safety, #10 of 19 in Yonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 32 acts of criminal damage.
They grade A, better than 85% of compared French towns and #1 of 18 in Yonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Monéteau grades B for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Monéteau is a commune of 4,114 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois. 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 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.