Find your town in Yonne
Yonne has 423 towns and villages, each with its page. Its 19 towns of 2,500 or more are graded against towns across France on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more; 49 of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades.
What Yonne is like
The median ranked town in Yonne grades highest on walkability and cost of living against towns across France, and lowest on safety. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.
2 of 19 (11%) grade A− or better, against 25% of French towns.
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19 towns · ordered by Yonne rank
3 of these towns have a Safety Grade with a caution: between 10% and 25% of their index uses the département’s average for crimes too few to publish.
404 smaller towns and villages in Yonne
With the 19 towns of 2,500 or more above, these are all 423 communes of Yonne, A to Z. Towns of 1,000 to 2,499 have subject grades on their page (the figure is the population); villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades. The search at the top finds these too.
355 villages under 1,000 people, A to Z: their page, no grades
Départements next to Yonne
The départements that share a border with it: each one’s communes, and how many of its towns have an overall grade.
Questions about Yonne
What is the best place to live in Yonne?
Appoigny ranks first of 19 graded towns of 2,500 or more: safety (A) and jobs & income (B+) are its strongest grades; walkability (C+) is its lowest. Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche and Monéteau follow.
How do the biggest towns in Yonne grade?
Auxerre (35,097 people) grades C− overall, with its best grade in walkability. Sens (27,106 people) grades C− overall, with its best grade in walkability.
How are these towns ranked?
By the overall grade, which blends six graded subjects (cost of living, safety, schools, health, jobs and income, walkability) from public data, each comparing a town with every French town of 1,000 or more. The rank is among the towns of 2,500 or more in Yonne, where five or more have an overall grade.
Is every commune in Yonne on TownRatings?
Yes: all 423 have their page, listed on this page. Grading depends on size: the 19 towns of 2,500 or more get every grade we can give them, the 49 of 1,000 to 2,499 get subject grades, and the 355 villages under 1,000 have their page with the figures, without grades.
Photos: Appoigny, Lulucmy (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche, Clément-météo (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Monéteau, François GOGLINS (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Montholon, François GOGLINS (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Brienon-sur-Armançon, Robin Chubret (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Tonnerre, Paul.schrepfer (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Avallon, photography taken by Christophe.Finot (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Saint-Florentin, Zéphyrios (CC0) · Saint-Clément, Yzergues (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Toucy, Gilles Guillamot (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Charny Orée de Puisaye, Fanny Dubray (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Pont-sur-Yonne, Rensi at German Wikipedia (Public domain) · Paron, François GOGLINS (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Auxerre, Livioandronico2013 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Migennes, elisabeth (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sens, Robin Chubret (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Villeneuve-la-Guyard, François GOGLINS (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Joigny, Mbzt (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, Pline (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, run #47 of October 30, 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (population). 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.