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A town of 1,200 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Ligny-le-Châtel has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its strongest is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.6 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
The one thing Ligny-le-Châtel does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Ligny-le-Châtel with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ligny-le-Châtel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ligny-le-Châtel.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
On this, Ligny-le-Châtel is below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The median price, €1,324/m², comes from 41 sales of houses and apartments in Ligny-le-Châtel from July 2023 to June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,324/m² | 41 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
In the comparison, Ligny-le-Châtel comes below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). Those 65 and older account for 27% of residents.
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Ligny-le-Châtel | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 7.6% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 27% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 34% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 29% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
For Ligny-le-Châtel, that is above both Yonne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Ligny-le-Châtel: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Ligny-le-Châtel sits below both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Ligny-le-Châtel has 300 jobs for 500 working residents, 0.6 per worker. 7.7% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 272 residents of Ligny-le-Châtel died, against 206 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 32% more. Its care home for older people (91 places) counts its residents as Ligny-le-Châtel’s; allowing for it, deaths were 11% below expected. The adjustment lowers most towns’ figures, so the comparison is what counts: the median of compared French towns is 12% below expected. The care-home adjustment is a TownRatings modeling step, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from C to B+.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte
Heritage and other places to visit in and near Ligny-le-Châtel. Best known first.
Ligny-le-Châtel has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Ligny-le-Châtel yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligny-le-Châtel | 1,200 | — | — | A | — | B− |
| Saint-Florentin | 4,164 | 6.9 | B− | A+ | D | C |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon | 3,032 | 8.9 | B− | A+ | C | B− |
| Monéteau | 4,114 | 8.9 | B+ | B | C− | B |
| Appoigny | 3,114 | 11 | A | B+ | A | B |
| Tonnerre | 4,261 | 11 | B− | A− | D− | C+ |
| Auxerre | 35,097 | 11 | C− | B | D | C+ |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Ligny-le-Châtel has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.8 recorded violent incidents and 5.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,324/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Ligny-le-Châtel grades A for cost of living.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Ligny-le-Châtel is a commune of 1,200 people in the Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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.