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A town of 480 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Lixy a good place to live?

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

What makes Lixy stand out

The one thing Lixy does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Lixy

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

The nearest classé monument is Château de Vallery, in Vallery, 2.9 mi away.

29% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

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Who lives here

A younger town: only 19% of people in Lixy are 65 or over, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

Children under 15 count for 18% of the people here. 21% of adults hold a degree, near Yonne’s towns (21%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Ages in Lixy split evenly at 43.3: half are older, half younger.

43.3median age
LixyYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma19%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat21%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Lixy
LixyYonne medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4424%20%23%
45–6428%25%26%
65+19%28%22%
No diploma19%26%19%
CAP or BEP33%30%26%
Baccalauréat21%16%18%
Higher education21%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Lixy walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9%

After tax and benefits, the median income is €26,160 a year per consumption unit. Jobs based in Lixy number 50, against 200 residents in work (0.3 per worker). 11.9% of the labour force were unemployed, lower than Yonne’s towns (13.8%) yet higher than compared French towns (10.1%).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving90%
Public transport6%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot1%
50
jobs based in Lixy, 0.3 per working resident
11.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,160
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Lixy is €12.35/m² a month

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

A house rents for an estimated €8.91/m² a month. The market in Lixy: 14 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€12.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lixy€12.35/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€12.35/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€10.14 to €15.04/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 Lixy

12pages on Lixy

Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Lixy

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

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Lixy’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 →
Pont-sur-YonneVilleneuve-la-GuyardParonSaint-ClémentSensCannes-ÉclusePont-sur-YonneVilleneuve-la-GuyardParonSaint-ClémentSensCannes-ÉcluseLixy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lixy480—————
Pont-sur-Yonne3,3914.6CB+DC−
Villeneuve-la-Guyard3,4556.4C−C+B−C
Paron4,8347.9CC+C+B−
Saint-Clément2,8498.7C+C+C+B
Sens27,1069.1C−C+DC+
Cannes-Écluse Seine-et-Marne2,7429.7—C−—C

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

About Lixy

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Lixy is a commune of 480 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
480 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.3 km²)
INSEE code
89229

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.