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A town of 1,760 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Chéroy has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 4% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. At the median price of €1,778/m², a 70 m² home costs 4.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size) in the Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne. Its strongest is safety (B+): an average of 7.1 recorded violent incidents and 10.9 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Chéroy does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Chéroy 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.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chéroy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
The oldest protected part dates from the 10th century; the first monument here was protected in 2016.
René Bureau, born in 1887, is the one person born in Chéroy before 1900 that Wikidata records.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chéroy.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Chéroy records 104 deaths per 100 expected, above both Yonne’s towns (95) and compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 350 residents of Chéroy died, against 250 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 40% 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
Police and gendarmerie recorded 36 offenses in the graded categories in Chéroy in 2025. For other physical violence, sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles, this figure isn’t published when it’s small (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the index uses the département’s average instead, 18.1% of the index here. Because that share is over 10%, this Safety Grade is less sure than most.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte
Chéroy has 400 jobs for 700 working residents, 0.6 per worker. Unemployment stood at 10.9%, below Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%).
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Chéroy, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
On this, Chéroy is above both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7% of the town.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Chéroy | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 8.7% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 23% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 25% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 27% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,778/m², comes from 60 sales of houses and apartments in Chéroy from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,789/m² | 54 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Chéroy has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 3.0
One notable person was born in Chéroy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chéroy | 1,760 | — | — | B− | B+ | D |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard | 3,455 | 10 | C− | C+ | B− | C |
| Pont-sur-Yonne | 3,391 | 11 | C | B+ | D | C− |
| Dordives Loiret | 3,277 | 11 | C | B+ | B | D |
| Cannes-Écluse Seine-et-Marne | 2,742 | 11 | — | C− | — | C |
| Paron | 4,834 | 12 | C | C+ | C+ | B− |
| Ferrières-en-Gâtinais Loiret | 3,839 | 12 | B− | B− | A− | C |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades B+ for safety. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 5 burglaries and 21 acts of criminal damage.
Estimated advertised apartment rents are €12.35/m² a month, charges included. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Chéroy grades B− for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Chéroy is a commune of 1,760 people in the Communauté de communes du Gâtinais 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
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.