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A town of 51 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Censy a good place to live?

Censy is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Censy’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Censy’s story

No historic monuments in Censy

The Culture ministry lists no building in Censy as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Château (restes), in Jouancy, 1.1 mi away.

52% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Censy.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Censy than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 12% are under 15

That puts Censy below both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Over-65s are 22% of the population.

49.5median age
CensyYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma12%
CAP or BEP28%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education25%

Women and men · all residents

39% women, 61% men

About 63 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Censy
CensyYonne medianFrance median
Under 1512%15%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+22%28%22%
No diploma12%26%19%
CAP or BEP28%30%26%
Baccalauréat23%16%18%
Higher education25%21%30%

INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes

Work & commute

Unemployment in Censy, 3.3%, runs below Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

On this, Censy is below both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Censy has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.3 per worker.

0%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving86%
Motorbike or scooter3%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Censy, 0.3 per working resident
3.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
10%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Censy than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.81/m² a month

Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.

In the comparison, Censy comes below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.81/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Censy€8.81/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €11.14/m² a month)
€8.35/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Noyers-sur-Serein and 7 more in and around Censy

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Censy. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Censy

12pages on Censy

Landmarks

Nothing in Censy is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Censy

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Censy yet.

How we find them →

Censy’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

All towns in Yonne →
TonnerreMontbardAvallonTonnerreMontbardAvallonCensy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Censy51—————
Tonnerre4,26112B−A−D−C+
Montbard Côte-d'Or4,63915BA−C+A−
Avallon6,30516B−A−D−C

People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.

About Censy

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Censy is a commune of 51 people in the Communauté de communes du Serein. 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
51 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Serein
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.9 sq mi (4.8 km²)
INSEE code
89064

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.