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3,151 people live in this town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
A solid town with one catch. Its strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 6.9% unemployment. Overall, Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche earns an A: better than 86% of compared French towns, and #2 of 19 in Yonne. It is strong on safety as well: an average of 2.1 recorded violent incidents and 12.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Buying 70 m² at the median €1,837/m² takes 5.1 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Auxerrois. Schools lag (C): bac results 3.6 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.7 points below the expected rate.
Figures: employment, INSEE census 2023 · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi.
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 Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 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 no building in Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Hôtel Deschamps de Charmelieu, in Auxerre, 1.7 mi away.
Explore the history →Museums, heritage and other places to visit in and near Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye royale de Saint-Germain d'Auxerre3.1 km east, in Auxerre
MuseumMusée Leblanc-Duvernoy2.6 km east, in Auxerre
MuseumMusée Saint-Germain3 km east, in Auxerre
MuseumChapelle des Visitandines d'Auxerre2.8 km east, in AuxerreAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre3.1 km east, in AuxerrePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche.
7.4% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). One measure of family life: 13% of residents are under 15. Residents of Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche have a median age of 56.9.
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.4% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 38% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 23% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 38% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
In 2025, 54 offenses were recorded in Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche. On the Safety Grade, Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche ranks 3rd of the 19 compared towns in Yonne. Among the graded crimes locally, the most frequent was burglary (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 · Small counts of family violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 14.4% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
At the census, 9.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. The jobless rate is 6.9%.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
88.3% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche, higher than Yonne’s towns (84.1%) and near compared French towns (87.5%). At the 3 vocational lycées within 5 km, 76% of 239 candidates passed the bac pro. Its collèges and lycées rank #12 of 18 in Yonne on results.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Jean BertinNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 148 | 94%+5 pts |
| Lycée polyvalent Fourier Saint-GermainNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 266 | 91%−3 pts |
| Lycée professionnel VaubanBest against expectations: 3 points above the expected rateVocational lycée | Vocational lycée | 83 | 89%+3 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Yonne, life expectancy at birth reaches 84.2 years for women and 78.1 for men (2025), next to 85.9 and 80.3 for France. France’s death rates at each age would predict 607 deaths in Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche from 2016 to 2025; there were 551, 9% fewer. 3 GPs practise locally.
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.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Only one of the 19 towns in Yonne costs more to buy into than Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche, whose median sale is €1,837/m². Renting a house costs an estimated €10.43/m² a month. Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 147 homes locally.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,828/m² | 122 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 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 →
It grades A− for safety, #3 of 19 in Yonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 28 burglaries and 18 acts of criminal damage.
They grade C, better than 31% of compared French towns and #12 of 18 in Yonne. 91% of 266 candidates passed the bac at Lycée polyvalent Fourier Saint-Germain in 2025, 3 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.99/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche is a commune of 3,151 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 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.