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A town of 382 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Étaule a good place to live?

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

What makes Étaule stand out

The one thing Étaule does most differently from other towns.

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Château de Vassy
Château de Vassy · Inscrit · Photo: Ibex73 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Étaule’s story

Étaule in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Étaule, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

The oldest protected part dates from the 17th century; the first monument here was protected in 1995.

31% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1995First protected: Château de Vassy-le-Bois
  • 2020Most recently protected: Église du hameau de Vassy
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Nearby attractions

Château de Vassy and 12 more in and around Étaule

Heritage and museums in and near Étaule. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (3)

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Étaule.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Étaule than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 13% are under 15

Étaule sits below both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) on this measure. Those 65 and older account for 29% of residents.

52.2median age
ÉtauleYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education19%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Étaule
ÉtauleYonne medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–249.3%10%11%
25–4418%20%23%
45–6430%25%26%
65+29%28%22%
No diploma18%26%19%
CAP or BEP33%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%16%18%
Higher education19%21%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Étaule: 31% were built before 1919, more than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns

France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.

That puts Étaule above both Yonne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Étaule, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

4historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit4
17th c.
oldest protected part
1995
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Work & commute

Fewer people in Étaule are out of work than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 7.2%

On this, Étaule is below both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Étaule has 50 jobs for 150 working residents, 0.3 per worker. At the census, 3.7% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving92%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
Public transport1%
50
jobs based in Étaule, 0.3 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,610
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

Schools

89.8% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

At the lycées within 5 km of Étaule, 97.0% passed the bac, above both Yonne’s towns (91.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%).

97%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Étaule89.8%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Étaule97.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Maurice ClavelNearest collègeCollègeCollège6185%−1 pt
Lycée polyvalent du Parc des ChaumesNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée10797%−1 pt
Collège Parc des ChaumesBest against expectations: 2 points above the expected rateCollègeCollège5795%+2 pts
97%
passed the general and technological bac, −1 pt against the expected rate
97%
passed the vocational bac, +10 pts against the expected rate
89.8%
passed the brevet at the collèges, +0.4 pts against the expected rate
2.7 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Étaule costs less than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.42/m² a month

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

In the comparison, Étaule comes below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€8.42/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Étaule€8.42/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.92 to €10.26/m² a month)
€7.02/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 Étaule

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Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 4 historic monuments in Étaule, none of them classé, France’s highest protection.

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Photo credits

Église du hameau de Vassy: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Vassy: Photo: Ibex73 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Étaule

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

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Étaule’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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AvallonAvallonÉtaule
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Étaule382—————
Avallon6,3052.9B−A−D−C

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

About Étaule

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Étaule is a commune of 382 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
382 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.4 sq mi (8.9 km²)
INSEE code
89159

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.