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ChamvresYonne

A town of 651 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Chamvres a good place to live?

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

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

No historic monuments in Chamvres

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Thibault, in Joigny, 2.4 mi away.

23% 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 Chamvres.

Who lives here

Chamvres has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.1% are 15 to 24

On this, Chamvres is below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 25% of the town.

49.6median age
ChamvresYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma17%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education27%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Chamvres
ChamvresYonne medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–247.1%10%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6432%25%26%
65+25%28%22%
No diploma17%26%19%
CAP or BEP30%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%16%18%
Higher education27%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Chamvres are out of work than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 5.7%

In the comparison, Chamvres comes below both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Chamvres has 50 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.2 per worker. 8.0% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport5%
Bicycle1%
On foot1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
50
jobs based in Chamvres, 0.2 per working resident
5.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,730
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
3%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

82.9% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 4 points above the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

Near Chamvres, 85.1% of lycée candidates passed the bac, below both Yonne’s towns (91.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

92%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Chamvres82.9%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Chamvres85.1%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Saint-Jacques PrivateNearest collègeCollègeCollège9999%+12 pts
Lycée polyvalent Louis DavierNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée29192%−3 pts

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92%
passed the general and technological bac, −3 pts against the expected rate
66%
passed the vocational bac, −13 pts against the expected rate
82.9%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +4 pts against the expected rate
2.2 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Chamvres is €10.22/m² a month

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

Too few homes sold here for a reliable median price.

€10.22/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Chamvres€10.22/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€10.22/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.19 to €12.76/m² a month)
€8.59/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Porte Saint-Jean and 4 more in and around Chamvres

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

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Chamvres

13pages on Chamvres

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Chamvres

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

How we find them →

Chamvres’ 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 →
JoignyMontholonMigennesVilleneuve-sur-YonneAppoignyBrienon-sur-ArmançonJoignyMontholonMigennesVilleneuve-sur-YonneAppoignyBrienon-sur-ArmançonChamvres
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Chamvres651—————
Joigny9,0162.5DB+D−D
Montholon2,7094.7BAAD
Migennes6,6887.2C−B+DC−
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne5,1359.1DB+DC
Appoigny3,1149.6AB+AB
Brienon-sur-Armançon3,03212B−A+CB−

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

About Chamvres

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Chamvres is a commune of 651 people in the Communauté de communes du Jovinien. 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
651 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Jovinien
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.2 sq mi (5.6 km²)
INSEE code
89079

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.