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Population 126: a town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Lucy-sur-Yonne a good place to live?

There are no grades for Lucy-sur-Yonne: French towns need 1,000 residents for them. Second homes make up 44% of its housing. Over-65s are 34% of the population.

What makes Lucy-sur-Yonne stand out

The 2 things Lucy-sur-Yonne does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Église
Église · Classé · Photo: Benoît Prieur · CC0
Lucy-sur-Yonne’s story

Lucy-sur-Yonne in pictures

On the Culture ministry’s list, Lucy-sur-Yonne counts 1 historic monument: 1 classé at the top level of protection and 0 inscrit at the second.

49% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Lucy-sur-Yonne.

Who lives here

Children make up only 11% of Lucy-sur-Yonne, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns

Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, above Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%) alike. The middle age in Lucy-sur-Yonne is 54.3.

54.3median age
Lucy-sur-YonneYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP29%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education34%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Lucy-sur-Yonne
Lucy-sur-YonneYonne medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–2412%10%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6425%25%26%
65+34%28%22%
No diploma13%26%19%
CAP or BEP29%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%16%18%
Higher education34%21%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Lucy-sur-Yonne: 49% were built before 1919, more than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns

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

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0
1912
first monument protected
49%
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

Fewer commuters in Lucy-sur-Yonne walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 1.9%

Of those in the labour force, 10.2% are unemployed. Half of residents lived on more than €23,920 a year per consumption unit, close to Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 3.7% of working residents in Lucy-sur-Yonne didn’t travel to work at all.

2%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
On foot2%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Lucy-sur-Yonne, 0.2 per working resident
10.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,920
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
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 lower in Lucy-sur-Yonne than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.67/m² a month

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

7 houses and apartments changed hands in Lucy-sur-Yonne from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.67/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Lucy-sur-Yonne€8.67/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.67/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.15 to €10.50/m² a month)
€7.54/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Église Notre-Dame de Lucy-sur-Yonne and 4 more in and around Lucy-sur-Yonne

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Lucy-sur-Yonne. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Lucy-sur-Yonne

12pages on Lucy-sur-Yonne

Landmarks

Lucy-sur-Yonne has one historic monument; beside it, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Lucy-sur-Yonne

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Lucy-sur-Yonne yet.

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Lucy-sur-Yonne’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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ClamecyAvallonClamecyAvallonLucy-sur-Yonne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Lucy-sur-Yonne126—————
Clamecy Nièvre3,5445.5CA+D−C−
Avallon6,30516B−A−D−C

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

About Lucy-sur-Yonne

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Lucy-sur-Yonne is a commune of 126 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
126 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Haut Nivernais-Val d'Yonne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.1 sq mi (8.1 km²)
INSEE code
89234

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.