A tough set of grades. Police record more crime here than in most towns: an average of 16.2 recorded violent incidents and 21.4 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taken together, its subjects give Villeneuve-sur-Yonne a D overall, better than 8% of compared French towns. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Schools are weaker too: brevet results 5 points below the expected rate. Jobs & income is weaker too (D): 0.8 jobs per working resident; 12.8% unemployment.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · employment, INSEE census 2023.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
Each subject compares Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 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.
Enceinte (restes): Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Portes de Sens et de Joigny: Photo: Ptono · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne.
History
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne keeps more of its old housing than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 24% built before 1919
9historic monuments
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) has covered part of the town since 1991. Villeneuve-sur-Yonne has 18 protected monuments per 10,000 residents, above both Yonne’s towns (5.9) and compared French towns (2.5). Among the classé monuments locally is Enceinte (restes). It has 9 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 5 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
For crime per resident, Villeneuve-sur-Yonne sits above 93% of compared French towns
16.2recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a yearDSafety Grade
In 2025, 175 offenses were recorded in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. More of the graded crimes here were criminal damage than anything else (2025). Police and gendarmerie recorded 175 offenses in the graded categories locally in 2025.
Recorded by type · 2025
Criminal damage51
Family violence32
Other physical violence28
Sexual violence27
Burglary15
Vehicle theft12
Theft from vehicles10
Fraud34
Drug use30
Theft without violence26
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.
16.2
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
21.4
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
175
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
0.5%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · For armed robbery, 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, 0.5% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Schools
Fewer pupils pass the brevet at the collèges near Villeneuve-sur-Yonne than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 80.0%
80.0%passed the brevetDSchool Grade
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
For the general bac, the closest lycée is 8.3 mi away. School results put the town #15 of 18 in Yonne.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne’s death rate, adjusted for age and care homes, is higher than in 73% of compared French towns
−3%deaths against expected, after care homesCHealth Grade
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted mortality in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne: 97 deaths for every 100 expected. 962 deaths here between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 744: 29% above. The nearest emergency department to Villeneuve-sur-Yonne is Ch Sens, 7.7 mi away. Also worth knowing: in Yonne, women can expect to live 84.2 years and men 78.1 (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw129
Adjusted97
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne · 0.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sens
7.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Sens
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
The middle sale price in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne: €1,433/m²
€1,433/m²median sale price
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.94/m² a month, near Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). Sales in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne from July 2023 to June 2026: 217 houses and apartments. Houses made up 90% of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne€1,433/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,478/m²
195
€9.94/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.27 to €11.95/m² a month)
4.2
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€9.97/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€23,840
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Fewer people in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne hold a degree than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 19%
49.9median age
9.9% of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 29% of the town. Ages in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne split evenly at 49.9: half are older, half younger.
Villeneuve-sur-YonneYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma28%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 89 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.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
People in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne have lower living standards than in 86% of French communes of 1,000+
17%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €23,290 a year per consumption unit, about level with Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and below compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 12.8%. Public transport took 7.3% of Villeneuve-sur-Yonne’s working residents to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving78%
Public transport7%
On foot7%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
1,550
jobs based in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, 0.8 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B
Walkability: better than 62% of compared French towns
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne is a commune of 5,135 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais. 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
5,135 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
15.6 sq mi (40.3 km²)
INSEE code
89464
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne’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 Villeneuve-sur-Yonne
Is Villeneuve-sur-Yonne safe?
It grades D for safety, #15 of 19 in Yonne. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 15 burglaries and 51 acts of criminal damage.
Are schools in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne good?
They grade D, better than 9% of compared French towns and #15 of 18 in Yonne. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Is Villeneuve-sur-Yonne expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Villeneuve-sur-Yonne grades B+ 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.
