Is Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe a good place to live?
Buying a home costs less than in most towns (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its lowest grade is for jobs & income — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 16.4% unemployment. It lags on health as well: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 1% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Walkability is weaker too — 1% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 10% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe 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 Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe 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.
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
The oldest protected part dates from the 13th century; the first monument here was protected in 1913.
51% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Camille Lian, born in 1882, is the one person born in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe before 1900 that Wikidata records.
1939First protected: Église Saint-Symphorien
2015Most recently protected: Maison du Prévost et Aux inscriptions situés dans le hameau…
The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level).
Église Saint-Symphorien: Photo: Thierry de Villepin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Ratilly: Photo: Jochen Jahnke · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe.
HousingCost of living A+
Renting in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe costs less than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €7.30/m² a month
€978/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The middle sale price: €978/m², below both Yonne’s towns (€1,433/m²) and compared French towns (€2,430/m²). House rents are put at about €7.71/m² a month. Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe recorded 63 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe€978/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€978/m²
63
€7.30/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.87 to €9.09/m² a month)
2.8
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.71/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€24,320
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
An older town: 33% of people in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe are 65 or over, more than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns
55.2median age
23% of adults hold a degree, above Yonne’s towns (21%) but below compared French towns (30%). Children are 13% of the town. Aged 15 to 24: 7.7% of residents.
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-ColombeYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
33%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma24%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education23%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Ages and diplomas in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
HealthHealth C−
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe is 15.5 mi from the nearest emergency department
−1%deaths against expected, after care homesC−Health Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
France’s death rates at each age would predict 166 deaths in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe from 2016 to 2025; there were 195, 17% more. Adjusted for age and care homes, Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe records 99 deaths per 100 expected, above Yonne’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88) alike. 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.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw117
Adjusted99
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe · 3.9 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
15.5 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Cosne Cours Sur Loire
24.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Auxerre
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Unemployment in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe, 16.4%, runs above Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
10%walk, cycle or take transit
Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €22,980 a year. 10.2% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving74%
On foot5%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle2%
250
jobs based in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe, 0.7 per working resident
16.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 29% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe keeps more of its old housing than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 51% built before 1919
4historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe is Église Saint-Symphorien. The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments locally: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 2 inscrit (the second level). The oldest protected building goes back to the 13th century.
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe is a commune of 1,083 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
Population
1,083 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
26.1 sq mi (67.7 km²)
INSEE code
89420
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe
Is Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe safe?
Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.2 recorded violent incidents and 7.7 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Treigny-Perreuse-Sainte-Colombe grades A+ for cost of living.
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.
