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342 people live in this town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Grades start at 1,000 residents for French towns, so Saint-Germain-des-Champs has none. Second homes make up 30% of its housing. People aged 65 and over make up 30% of residents.
The 2 things Saint-Germain-des-Champs does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists no building in Saint-Germain-des-Champs as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Château de Chastellux, in Chastellux-sur-Cure, 2.2 mi away.
59% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Nothing in Saint-Germain-des-Champs is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Germain-des-Champs.
Over-65s are 30% of the population. Children under 15 make up 14%, below Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Degrees are held by a quarter of adults.
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Germain-des-Champs | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 4.9% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 34% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 30% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 35% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
At the census, 7.2% of commuters got to work without a car. Jobs located in Saint-Germain-des-Champs: 50, for 150 residents in work (0.4 each). Half of residents lived on more than €25,440 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Yonne’s towns (€23,390).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Saint-Germain-des-Champs recorded 12 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026. Renting a house costs an estimated €7.83/m² a month.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Saint-Germain-des-Champs yet.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Germain-des-Champs is a commune of 342 people in the Communauté de communes Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-des-Champs | 342 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avallon | 6,305 | 5.2 | B− | A− | D− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · 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.