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This town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has a population of 514.

Is Mailly-le-Château a good place to live?

Mailly-le-Château is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents. Second homes make up 29% of its housing. It skews older: two in five residents are 65 or over.

What makes Mailly-le-Château stand out

The 2 things Mailly-le-Château does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Chapelle du Bourg-d'En-Bas
Chapelle du Bourg-d'En-Bas · Classé · Photo: Cjulien21 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mailly-le-Château’s story

Mailly-le-Château in pictures

Mailly-le-Château has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 12th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.

28% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1914First protected: Chapelle du Bourg-d'En-Bas
  • 2020Most recently protected: Monument aux morts
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Mailly-le-Château.

Who lives here

Few people in Mailly-le-Château are 15 to 24: 5.4%, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns

10% are under 15, below Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Among adults, 22% have a degree. The age that splits Mailly-le-Château in two is 60.4.

60.4median age
Mailly-le-ChâteauYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma30%
CAP or BEP25%
Baccalauréat14%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

54% women, 46% men

About 84 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 Mailly-le-Château
Mailly-le-ChâteauYonne medianFrance median
Under 1510%15%17%
15–245.4%10%11%
25–4413%20%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+40%28%22%
No diploma30%26%19%
CAP or BEP25%30%26%
Baccalauréat14%16%18%
Higher education22%21%30%

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

History

Old homes shape Mailly-le-Château: 28% 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.

Its heritage reaches back to the 12th century. Among the classé monuments in Mailly-le-Château is Monument aux morts. The town has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

6historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé3
Inscrit3
12th c.
oldest protected part
1862
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Mailly-le-Château has higher unemployment than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 18.2%

At the census, 11.7% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Mailly-le-Château holds 100 jobs; 150 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Households’ median disposable income: €23,860 a year per consumption unit.

12%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving84%
On foot9%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
100
jobs based in Mailly-le-Château, 0.7 per working resident
18.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€23,860
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

Renting in Mailly-le-Château costs less than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.07/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €7.75/m² a month. The market in Mailly-le-Château: 26 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.

€9.07/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Mailly-le-Château€9.07/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€9.07/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.56 to €10.89/m² a month)
€7.75/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Chapelle du Bourg-d'En-Bas and 6 more in and around Mailly-le-Château

Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Mailly-le-Château. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Mailly-le-Château

12pages on Mailly-le-Château

Landmarks

Mailly-le-Château has 6 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 3 classé, the highest protection, and 3 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Donjon (ancien): Photo: Cjulien21 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle du Bourg-d'En-Bas: Photo: Cjulien21 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Mailly-le-Château

One notable person was born in Mailly-le-Château.

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Mailly-le-Château’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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ClamecyAuxerreAvallonSaint-Georges-sur-BaulcheMonéteauClamecyAuxerreAvallonSaint-Georges-sur-BaulcheMonéteauMailly-le-Château
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Mailly-le-Château514—————
Clamecy Nièvre3,54411CA+D−C−
Auxerre35,09714C−BDC+
Avallon6,30515B−A−D−C
Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche3,15115AB−A−B+
Monéteau4,11418B+BC−B

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

About Mailly-le-Château

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Mailly-le-Château is a commune of 514 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

Population
514 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
14.4 sq mi (37.4 km²)
INSEE code
89238

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.