Montholon grades B overall: better than 57% of compared French towns, and #4 of 19 in Yonne. Its weakest subject is health (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. At the median price of €1,358/m², a 70 m² home costs 3.7 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes de l'Aillantais en Bourgogne. Its strongest is safety (A): an average of 3.9 recorded violent incidents and 8.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Montholon 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 Montholon.
History
Montholon keeps more of its old housing than Yonne or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Montholon, that is above both Yonne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). Montholon has 18 protected monuments for every 10,000 residents. The Culture ministry lists 5 historic monuments in Montholon: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 4 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Montholon sees more deaths than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 114 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Montholon sits above both Yonne’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88) on this measure. From 2016 to 2025, 516 residents of Montholon died, against 365 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 41% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
+14%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw141
Adjusted114
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Montholon · 1.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Joigny
11.7 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
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Safety
Crime per resident in Montholon runs lower than in 91% of compared French towns
Montholon ranks first of the 19 compared towns in Yonne on the Safety Grade. Police and gendarmerie recorded 31 offenses in the graded categories in Montholon in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 18.3% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
3.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearASafety Grade
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage16
Family violence9
Vehicle theft6
Fraud12
Theft without violence6
Drug use6
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.
3.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
8.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
31
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
18.3%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Montholon has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 8% are 15 to 24
On this, Montholon is below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Over-65s are 31% of the population.
51.9median age
MontholonYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
31%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma22%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 92 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income B−
Unemployment in Montholon, 8.6%, runs below Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
In the comparison, Montholon comes below both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Montholon has 800 jobs for 1,050 working residents, 0.8 per worker. 9.5% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
9%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
800
jobs based in Montholon, 0.8 per working resident
8.6%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,490
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 49% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Montholon
Is Montholon safe?
It grades A for safety, #1 of 19 in Yonne.
Are schools in Montholon good?
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Montholon expensive to live in?
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €9.85/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Montholon grades A for cost of living.
About Montholon
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Montholon is a commune of 2,709 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Aillantais 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
Population
2,709 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Aillantais en Bourgogne
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.
