Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.4 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It is strong on walkability as well (A−): three quarters of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 21% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. The weak point is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Saint-Fargeau has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Saint-Fargeau 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.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Saint-Fargeau are 15 to 24: 7%, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
Over-65s are 36% of the population. Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up nearly a fifth of adults.
56.2median age
Saint-FargeauYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
36%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 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
HealthHealth D
Allowing for age and care homes, Saint-Fargeau sees more deaths than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 107 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Saint-Fargeau is Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire, 17.1 mi away. 358 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 247: 45% above. Women in Yonne live to 84.2 on average and men to 78.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. The town has 2 family doctors.
+7%deaths against expected, after care homesDHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw145
Adjusted107
Median town88
Expected100
2
GPs in Saint-Fargeau · 4.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
17.1 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire
20.8 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centrehospitalier Pierre Dezarnaulds Gien
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
More people in Saint-Fargeau are out of work than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 14.8%
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,670 a year. 20.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving69%
On foot16%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
850
jobs based in Saint-Fargeau, 1.7 per working resident
14.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,670
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
A−
Walkability: better than 85% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Saint-Fargeau is rich in protected monuments: 42 per 10,000 residents, more than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Just over a quarter of its homes were built before 1919, above Yonne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%) alike. Among the classé monuments in Saint-Fargeau is Église Saint-Ferréol. Its heritage reaches back to the 13th century. The town has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 4 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level.
Église Saint-Ferréol: Photo: Baboben5 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour de l'Horloge: Photo: Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Église de Saint-Martin-des-Champs: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église de Septfonds: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0
Famous people from Saint-Fargeau
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Fargeau yet.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Saint-Fargeau
Is Saint-Fargeau safe?
Saint-Fargeau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.3 recorded violent incidents and 10.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. With 850 jobs for 500 working residents, Saint-Fargeau draws people from neighboring communes, and crimes are counted in the commune where they happen, then divided by its number of residents.
Are schools in Saint-Fargeau good?
They grade B−, better than 54% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Saint-Fargeau expensive to live in?
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,198/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Fargeau grades A+ for cost of living.
About Saint-Fargeau
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Fargeau is a commune of 1,439 people in the Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre. 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
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.
