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A town of 510 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Jouy a good place to live?

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

Jouy’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Jouy’s story

No historic monuments in Jouy

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Pierre, in Rozoy-le-Vieil, 3.2 mi away.

24% 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 Jouy.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 17% of people in Jouy are 65 or over, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

For Jouy, that is below both Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Children are 19% of the town.

42.9median age
JouyYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP26%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education26%

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 Jouy
JouyYonne medianFrance median
Under 1519%15%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6430%25%26%
65+17%28%22%
No diploma20%26%19%
CAP or BEP26%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%16%18%
Higher education26%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Incomes in Jouy run higher than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: a median €28,250 a year per consumption unit

Jouy sits above both Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and compared French towns (€25,970) on this measure. At the census, 7.9% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train. Jouy has 650 jobs for 250 working residents, 2.7 per worker.

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
Bicycle1%
650
jobs based in Jouy, 2.7 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€28,250
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run higher in Jouy than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.99/m² a month

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

That puts Jouy above both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).

€13.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Jouy€13.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€13.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.51 to €17.01/m² a month)
€8.91/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 Jouy

11pages on Jouy

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Jouy

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

How we find them →

Jouy’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 →
DordivesFerrières-en-GâtinaisCourtenaySouppes-sur-LoingChâteau-LandonVilleneuve-la-GuyardDordivesFerrières-en-GâtinaisCourtenaySouppes-sur-LoingChâteau-LandonVilleneuve-la-GuyardJouy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Jouy510—————
Dordives Loiret3,2779.3CB+BD
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais Loiret3,8399.6B−B−A−C
Courtenay Loiret3,77211BB+BC
Souppes-sur-Loing Seine-et-Marne4,95211DBC+D
Château-Landon Seine-et-Marne3,14912B−B+B+B
Villeneuve-la-Guyard3,45513C−C+B−C

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

About Jouy

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Jouy is a commune of 510 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
510 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
6.8 sq mi (17.6 km²)
INSEE code
89209

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.