Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,741 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Venoy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is walkability (D−): 0% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Its strongest is cost of living (A−): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Venoy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Venoy 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.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Venoy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Borne-colonne, in Auxerre, 2.4 mi away.
24% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Venoy. Best known first.
AbbeyAbbaye royale de Saint-Germain d'Auxerre4.8 km west, in Auxerre
MuseumMusée Saint-Germain4.8 km west, in AuxerreAttractionAttractionCathédrale Saint-Étienne d'Auxerre4.8 km west, in AuxerreAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Marien d'Auxerre4.5 km west, in AuxerreGardenGardenParc de l’Arbre-Sec4.3 km southwest, in AuxerrePhotos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Venoy.
At the census, 3.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.0%. Venoy has 500 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.7 per worker.
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.
For Venoy, that is below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,729/m², comes from 43 sales of houses and apartments in Venoy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,729/m² | 43 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
At the lycées within 5 km of Venoy, 96.0% passed the bac, above both Yonne’s towns (91.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul BertNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 182 | 85%−3 pts |
| Lycée général Jacques AmyotNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 260 | 96%−2 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.
From 2016 to 2025, 116 residents of Venoy died, against 125 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 7% fewer. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D to B+.
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
Venoy sits above both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%) on this measure. Over-65s are 23% of the population.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Venoy | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 17% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 22% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Police and gendarmerie recorded 20 offenses in the graded categories in Venoy in 2025. For family violence, other physical violence, sexual violence, burglary and vehicle theft, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 27.0% of the index here.
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
Nothing in Venoy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Venoy yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venoy | 1,741 | — | — | A− | — | C+ |
| Auxerre | 35,097 | 3.1 | C− | B | D | C+ |
| Monéteau | 4,114 | 3.8 | B+ | B | C− | B |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche | 3,151 | 4.8 | A | B− | A− | B+ |
| Appoigny | 3,114 | 6.7 | A | B+ | A | B |
| Migennes | 6,688 | 12 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon | 3,032 | 13 | B− | A+ | C | B− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Venoy has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.6 recorded violent incidents and 15 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C, better than 29% of compared French towns. 96% of 260 candidates passed the bac at Lycée général Jacques Amyot in 2025, 2 points below the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,729/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Venoy grades A− for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Venoy is a commune of 1,741 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 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.