A higher share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns, at 17%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Cry, two in five households are headed by a retired person. This Yonne town counted 157 residents and 77 households at the 2023 Census. Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Cry has 30%.
Throughout this page, the Yonne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Cry
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cry, 17% of its 110 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cry had 182 residents at the 2012 census and 157 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Cry, 15% of homes stand empty, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 6.7% of households have no car, or about one in 15.
Cry changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne. Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 94% of compared French towns: 7.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cry 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Cry’s residents are over 50.2, older than in 84% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 13%, a higher share than 89% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Cry comes in at 40%. Put another way, about one in five: 20% of households are couples with children. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €22,570 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Cry is €22,570 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Only 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Cry
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Across Cry, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.5% of Cry’s residents
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
About one in 26: that is how common foreign nationals are in Cry (3.9%). That is higher than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 44% in Cry, more than in 58% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification in Cry. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Cry is younger than 2 of its 4 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cry | 50.2 | 30% | 17% | 6.5% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 7.1 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 15.3 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 15.5 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 16.1 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Cry
What is the population of Cry?
157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (182).
How old are Cry’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cry?
19, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cry?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cry?
€22,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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