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Home to 1,823 people, this town lies in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Saint-Valérien is a safe place by the numbers: an average of 7.3 recorded violent incidents and 9.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for schools (D): brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Work and incomes lag: 0.8 jobs per working resident; 12.5% unemployment.
Figures: recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023. Saint-Valérien 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.
The one thing Saint-Valérien does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Saint-Valérien 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.
Saint-Valérien has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
Saint-Valérien has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé).
13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Saint-Valérien.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
General-bac pupils go 9.1 mi to the nearest lycée.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du Gâtinais en BourgogneNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 142 | 78%−5 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Saint-Valérien’s tally for 2025: 24 recorded offenses. Of the graded crimes here, family violence came up most often (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 · For other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, the count isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in a year of the last three), so the index uses the département’s average, 23.9% of the index here. With more than 10% of the index estimated that way, this Safety Grade is less sure than most. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.37/m² a month. From July 2023 to June 2026, 39 homes were sold in Saint-Valérien. Houses made up 95% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,402/m² | 37 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Of those in the labour force, 12.5% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €24,040 a year per consumption unit, close to Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 5.2% of working residents in Saint-Valérien went to work by public transport.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Saint-Valérien; none is classé, France’s top protection. 13% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
People aged 15 to 24 are 8.8% of the population. 25% of residents are 65 or over, between Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Degrees are held by 16% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Saint-Valérien | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.8% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 21% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 22% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 33% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
In Yonne, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. From 2016 to 2025, 276 residents of Saint-Valérien died, against 240 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 15% more. The nearest emergency department to Saint-Valérien is Ch Sens, 9.3 mi away. This Yonne town has one family doctor.
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 · The care-home step is TownRatings’ own calculation, not an official number. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to A−.
Saint-Valérien has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Saint-Valérien.
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-Valérien | 1,823 | — | — | B+ | A− | B |
| Paron | 4,834 | 7.1 | C | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 3,391 | 8.6 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Sens | 27,106 | 8.9 | C− | C+ | D | C+ |
| Saint-Clément | 2,849 | 9.3 | C+ | C+ | C+ | B |
| Courtenay Loiret | 3,772 | 11 | B | B+ | B | C |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard | 3,455 | 11 | C− | C+ | B− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
They grade D, better than 7% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €11.03/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Saint-Valérien grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Saint-Valérien is a commune of 1,823 people in the Communauté de communes du Gâtinais 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
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.