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A town of 2,206 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Cheny has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is jobs & income (D−): 0.3 jobs per working resident; 17.8% unemployment. Its strongest is cost of living (B+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 4.2 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The 2 things Cheny does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Cheny with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Cheny as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Cydroine, in Laroche-Saint-Cydroine, 3.3 mi away.
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Cheny.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
After the care-home adjustment, Cheny’s deaths ran at 103 per 100 expected, above both Yonne’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 200 residents of Cheny died, against 194 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 3% more. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
That puts Cheny below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,337/m², comes from 69 sales of houses and apartments in Cheny from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,337/m² | 69 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
On this, Cheny is above both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 9.1% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
In the comparison, Cheny comes below both Yonne’s towns (84.1%) and compared French towns (87.5%).
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Paul FourreyNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 72 | 85%+1 pt |
| Collège Jacques PrévertBest against expectations: a point above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 90 | 80%+1 pt |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
For Cheny, that is below both Yonne’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). Children are 18% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Cheny | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 24% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 28% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 36% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 14% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Cheny is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Cheny.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheny | 2,206 | — | — | B+ | — | C− |
| Migennes | 6,688 | 1.3 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon | 3,032 | 4.8 | B− | A+ | C | B− |
| Appoigny | 3,114 | 5.5 | A | B+ | A | B |
| Joigny | 9,016 | 6.3 | D | B+ | D− | D |
| Monéteau | 4,114 | 7.5 | B+ | B | C− | B |
| Saint-Florentin | 4,164 | 9.5 | B− | A+ | D | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Cheny has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 6.5 recorded violent incidents and 7.1 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
They grade C+, better than 37% of compared French towns. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,337/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Cheny grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Cheny is a commune of 2,206 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Agglomération Migennoise. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.