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A town of 4,834 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Paron grades C overall: better than 27% of compared French towns, and #13 of 19 in Yonne. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D): 0.6 jobs per working resident; 14.9% unemployment. At the median price of €1,663/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.9 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais. Its strongest is walkability (B+): 43% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 19% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 2 things Paron does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Paron 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Paron as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Maurice, in Sens, 1.4 mi away.
3.4% 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 Paron. Best known first.
MuseumMusée de Sens2.8 km northeast, in Sens
Historic housePalais synodal de Sens2.8 km northeast, in SensChâteauChâteauÉcole Théodore de Bèzein townAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens2.8 km northeast, in SensAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre-le-Vif de Sens3.6 km east, in SensPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Paron.
18.8% of Paron’s working residents walked, cycled or took public transport to work in the 2023 census, against 13% for the median of compared French towns; 78% drove.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Police and gendarmerie recorded 143 offenses in the graded categories in Paron in 2025. For armed robbery 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, 0.9% of the index here.
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
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Paron sits close to Yonne’s towns (84.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%) on this measure.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège André MalrauxNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 125 | 78%−5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Étienne PrivateNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 104 | 100%+2 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
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,663/m², comes from 127 sales of houses and apartments in Paron from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,736/m² | 103 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 552 residents of Paron died, against 506 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% more. Its care home for older people (110 places) counts its residents as Paron’s; allowing for it, deaths were 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
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
That puts Paron above both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 12% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Paron | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 22% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 22% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 27% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Paron is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Paron.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paron | 4,834 | — | C | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Sens | 27,106 | 2 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Saint-Clément | 2,849 | 2.9 | C+ | C+ | C+ | B |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 3,391 | 7.2 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne | 5,135 | 7.5 | D | B+ | D | C |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard | 3,455 | 14 | C− | C+ | B− | C |
| Courtenay Loiret | 3,772 | 14 | B | B+ | B | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #7 of 19 in Yonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 31 burglaries and 43 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C+, better than 43% of compared French towns and #7 of 18 in Yonne. The lycée stands out: 100% of 104 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent privé Saint-Étienne in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,663/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.02/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Paron grades C+ for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Paron is a commune of 4,834 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) · 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.