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FestignyYonne

A town of 92 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Festigny a good place to live?

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

What makes Festigny stand out

The 2 things Festigny does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Festigny

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Martin, in Surgy, 3.4 mi away.

51% 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 Festigny.

Who lives here

Few people in Festigny are 15 to 24: 5.4%, fewer than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

Children are 13% of the town. People 65 and over make up 37% of the town, above both Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Festigny split evenly at 58.7: half are older, half younger.

58.7median age
FestignyYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma33%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat8%
Higher education15%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Festigny
FestignyYonne medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–245.4%10%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6425%25%26%
65+37%28%22%
No diploma33%26%19%
CAP or BEP33%30%26%
Baccalauréat7.6%16%18%
Higher education15%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 3.0% of commuters in Festigny go to work without a car, fewer than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stands at 11.8%.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving97%
Public transport3%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Festigny, 0.1 per working resident
11.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Festigny costs less than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.07/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 3 homes were sold in Festigny. A house rents for an estimated €7.75/m² a month.

€9.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Festigny€9.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€9.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.56 to €10.89/m² a month)
€7.75/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 Festigny

12pages on Festigny

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Festigny

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

How we find them →

Festigny’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 →
ClamecyToucyAuxerreSaint-Georges-sur-BaulcheAvallonClamecyToucyAuxerreSaint-Georges-sur-BaulcheAvallonFestigny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Festigny92—————
Clamecy Nièvre3,5446.9CA+D−C−
Toucy2,57117C+A−CC−
Auxerre35,09717C−BDC+
Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche3,15117AB−A−B+
Avallon6,30518B−A−D−C

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

About Festigny

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Festigny is a commune of 92 people in the Communauté de communes Haut Nivernais-Val d'Yonne. 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
92 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haut Nivernais-Val d'Yonne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.1 sq mi (5.5 km²)
INSEE code
89164

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.