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1,098 residents make their home in this town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Villefargeau’s strongest is cost of living (A−): A year’s estimated rent on a 70 m² apartment is 33% of the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−). It also trails on schools: bac results 7.7 points below the expected rate; brevet results 0.7 points below the expected rate. Over-65s are nearly a third of the population.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023 · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education. Villefargeau 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 Villefargeau does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Villefargeau 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.
Villefargeau has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Villefargeau as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Médard, in Charbuy, 3.2 mi away.
12% 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 Villefargeau.
The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €28,180 a year per consumption unit. 3.5% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, lower than both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Unemployment stands at 7.7%. 150 jobs are based in Villefargeau, for 400 working residents (0.3 per worker).
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.
At the vocational lycée within 5 km, 65% of 136 candidates passed the bac pro. 84.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the collèges within 5 km of Villefargeau, about level with Yonne’s towns (84.1%) and below compared French towns (87.5%). The town’s pupils have a collège 2.5 mi away.
| 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 |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
28% of adults hold a degree. People aged 15 to 24 make up nearly a tenth of the town, lower than both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). The age that splits Villefargeau in two is 51.3.
54% women, 46% men
About 85 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.
| Villefargeau | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 18% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 32% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 19% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 31% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 28% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Sales in Villefargeau from July 2023 to June 2026: 25 houses and apartments.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Average lifespans in Yonne: 84.2 years for women, 78.1 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 nationally. From 2016 to 2025, 193 residents of Villefargeau died, against 159 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 21% more. Also worth knowing: the nearest emergency department to Villefargeau is Ch Auxerre, 3.1 mi away.
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 · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from B− to A.
Heritage in and near Villefargeau. Best known first.
Nothing in Villefargeau 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 Villefargeau 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 →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villefargeau | 1,098 | — | — | A− | — | A− |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche | 3,151 | 2 | A | B− | A− | B+ |
| Auxerre | 35,097 | 3.4 | C− | B | D | C+ |
| Monéteau | 4,114 | 5.8 | B+ | B | C− | B |
| Appoigny | 3,114 | 6.2 | A | B+ | A | B |
| Toucy | 2,571 | 10 | C+ | A− | C | C− |
| Montholon | 2,709 | 10 | B | A | A | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Villefargeau has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 5.7 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 18% of compared French towns. 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.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Villefargeau is a commune of 1,098 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) · 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.