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La Ferté-LoupièreYonne

In Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, this town has 559 residents.

Is La Ferté-Loupière a good place to live?

La Ferté-Loupière is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 21% of its housing. A third of residents are 65 or over.

What makes La Ferté-Loupière stand out

The 2 things La Ferté-Loupière does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église Saint-Germain
Église Saint-Germain · Classé · Photo: VladimirBassarab · CC BY-SA 3.0
La Ferté-Loupière’s story

La Ferté-Loupière in pictures

La Ferté-Loupière has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1911First protected: Église Saint-Germain
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in La Ferté-Loupière.

Who lives here

An older town: 33% of people in La Ferté-Loupière are 65 or over, more than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8.6% of residents. 13% are under 15, below Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Graduates make up just over a quarter of adults.

54.2median age
La Ferté-LoupièreYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP34%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education26%

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 La Ferté-Loupière
La Ferté-LoupièreYonne medianFrance median
Under 1513%15%17%
15–248.6%10%11%
25–4417%20%23%
45–6428%25%26%
65+33%28%22%
No diploma21%26%19%
CAP or BEP34%30%26%
Baccalauréat14%16%18%
Higher education26%21%30%

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

History

Old homes shape La Ferté-Loupière: 47% were built before 1919, more than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

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

Among the classé monuments in La Ferté-Loupière is Église Saint-Germain.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

1911
first monument protected
47%
of homes built before 1919 · median town 7.4%

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

Work & commute

La Ferté-Loupière has 0.5 jobs for every resident in work, so most commute out

Just over a tenth of the labour force were unemployed, between Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%). At the census, 4.7% of working residents in La Ferté-Loupière went to work by public transport. Households’ median disposable income: €23,720 a year per consumption unit.

15%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving76%
On foot7%
Public transport5%
Bicycle3%
Motorbike or scooter1%
100
jobs based in La Ferté-Loupière, 0.5 per working resident
10.7%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,720
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
8%
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 La Ferté-Loupière costs less than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.11/m² a month

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

The market in La Ferté-Loupière: 20 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.70/m² a month.

€8.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

La Ferté-Loupière€8.11/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.58 to €10.01/m² a month)
€8.70/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Acanthe and 3 more in and around La Ferté-Loupière

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near La Ferté-Loupière. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about La Ferté-Loupière

12pages on La Ferté-Loupière

Landmarks

La Ferté-Loupière has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Germain: Photo: VladimirBassarab · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from La Ferté-Loupière

One notable person was born in La Ferté-Loupière.

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La Ferté-Loupière’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 →
MontholonCharny Orée de PuisayeJoignyToucyCourtenayAppoignyMontholonCharny Orée de PuisayeJoignyToucyCourtenayAppoignyLa Ferté-Loupière
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
La Ferté-Loupière559—————
Montholon2,7094.7BAAD
Charny Orée de Puisaye4,9005.7C+AB+D
Joigny9,0169.9DB+D−D
Toucy2,57111C+A−CC−
Courtenay Loiret3,77212BB+BC
Appoigny3,11413AB+AB

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

About La Ferté-Loupière

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

La Ferté-Loupière is a commune of 559 people in the Communauté de communes de l'Aillantais 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
559 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de l'Aillantais en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
11.8 sq mi (30.6 km²)
INSEE code
89163

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 November 4, 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.