At under 1,000 residents, Ancy-le-Franc is too small for the grades other French towns get. Nearly a fifth of homes here are second homes. The median home sells for €675/m². People aged 65 and over make up 42% of residents.
What makes Ancy-le-Franc stand out
The 3 things Ancy-le-Franc does most differently from other towns.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ancy-le-Franc.
Who lives here
Children make up only 12% of Ancy-le-Franc, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
The 15-to-24 age group: 6.6%, lower than both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Among adults, 14% have a degree. Half the people of Ancy-le-Franc are older than 59.8.
59.8median age
Ancy-le-FrancYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
42%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma35%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education14%
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 79 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
History
Old homes shape Ancy-le-Franc: 35% were built before 1919, more than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Among the classé monuments in Ancy-le-Franc is Château d'Ancy-le-Franc. The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments locally: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). The earliest of these monuments dates from the 16th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
More people in Ancy-le-Franc are out of work than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 16.2%
Half of residents lived on more than €22,680 a year per consumption unit, near Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and lower than compared French towns (€25,970). Jobs located in Ancy-le-Franc: 400, for 250 residents in work (1.7 each). Walking, cycling and public transport carried 20.7% of commuters at the census.
21%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving73%
On foot15%
Public transport3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
400
jobs based in Ancy-le-Franc, 1.7 per working resident
16.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,680
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Housing
Estimated advertised rents run lower in Ancy-le-Franc than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.20/m² a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Renting a house costs an estimated €7.16/m² a month. 36 houses and apartments changed hands in Ancy-le-Franc from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 92% were houses.
€675/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Ancy-le-Franc€675/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€684/m²
33
€8.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.00 to €11.22/m² a month)
€7.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Chapelle funéraire de la famille Le Cosquinot: Photo: Étienne Neurdein / Louis-Antonin Neurdein · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Château d'Ancy-le-Franc: Photo: Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 2.5
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Ancy-le-Franc
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Ancy-le-Franc is a commune of 834 people in the Communauté de communes Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne. 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
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.
