Chastellux-sur-Cure has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up 45% of its housing. Over-65s are nearly a third of the population.
What makes Chastellux-sur-Cure stand out
The 2 things Chastellux-sur-Cure does most differently from other towns.
Château de Chastellux: Photo: Patrick89 · CC BY-SA 3.0
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chastellux-sur-Cure.
Who lives here
Chastellux-sur-Cure has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 6.1% are 15 to 24
53.9median age
Degrees are held by 29% of adults. Nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, higher than both Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). The share of residents under 15 is 14%.
Chastellux-sur-CureYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education29%
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 90 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.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Fewer people in Chastellux-sur-Cure are out of work than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 6.9%
0%walk, cycle or take transit
Half of residents lived on more than €22,810 a year per consumption unit, about level with Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and below compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 3.6% of working residents in Chastellux-sur-Cure at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving96%
On foot0%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Chastellux-sur-Cure, 0.2 per working resident
6.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,810
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Chastellux-sur-Cure is a commune of 129 people in the Communauté de communes Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. 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
129 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.1 sq mi (10.5 km²)
INSEE code
89089
Chastellux-sur-Cure’s neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
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.
