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A town of 367 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Cornant a good place to live?

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

What makes Cornant stand out

The one thing Cornant does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Cornant’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Cornant’s story

No historic monuments in Cornant

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Maurice, in Sens, 6.1 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 Cornant.

Who lives here

Cornant has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.6% are 15 to 24

20% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 21% of the town, below Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. Typical age in Cornant: 47.2, the median.

47.2median age
CornantYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma16%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat24%
Higher education24%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Cornant
CornantYonne medianFrance median
Under 1520%15%17%
15–244.6%10%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6432%25%26%
65+21%28%22%
No diploma16%26%19%
CAP or BEP33%30%26%
Baccalauréat24%16%18%
Higher education24%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer people in Cornant are out of work than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 4.7%

On foot, by bike or by bus and train: that was how 8.1% of commuters travelled at the census. Half of residents lived on more than €26,770 a year per consumption unit, above Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and close to compared French towns (€25,970).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving88%
Public transport7%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
0
jobs based in Cornant, 0.1 per working resident
4.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,770
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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Cornant is €10.70/m² a month

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

Sales in Cornant from July 2023 to June 2026: 18 houses and apartments.

€10.70/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Cornant€10.70/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€10.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.90 to €12.86/m² a month)
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cornant

11pages on Cornant

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Cornant

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

How we find them →

Cornant’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 →
ParonVilleneuve-sur-YonneSensSaint-ClémentCourtenayPont-sur-YonneParonVilleneuve-sur-YonneSensSaint-ClémentCourtenayPont-sur-YonneCornant
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Cornant367—————
Paron4,8344.7CC+C+B−
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne5,1356.3DB+DC
Sens27,1066.5C−C+DC+
Saint-Clément2,8497.6C+C+C+B
Courtenay Loiret3,7729.7BB+BC
Pont-sur-Yonne3,39110CB+DC−

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

About Cornant

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Cornant is a commune of 367 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

Population
367 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.9 sq mi (5 km²)
INSEE code
89116

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.