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With 719 residents, it is a town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Montacher-Villegardin a good place to live?

Montacher-Villegardin has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. 14% of homes here are second homes.

What makes Montacher-Villegardin stand out

The one thing Montacher-Villegardin does most differently from other towns.

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Menhir · Inscrit · Photo: Robin Chubret · CC BY-SA 4.0
Montacher-Villegardin’s story

Montacher-Villegardin in pictures

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Montacher-Villegardin; none is classé, France’s top protection.

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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History

Montacher-Villegardin keeps more of its old housing than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 29% built before 1919

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

The Culture ministry’s list holds 1 historic monument in Montacher-Villegardin; none is classé, France’s top protection.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé0
Inscrit1
1952
first monument protected
29%
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

Who lives here

Degrees are less common in Montacher-Villegardin than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 17% of adults

21% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 16%, above Yonne’s towns (15%) and close to compared French towns (17%). The middle age in Montacher-Villegardin is 46.4.

46.4median age
Montacher-VillegardinYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP36%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Montacher-Villegardin
Montacher-VillegardinYonne medianFrance median
Under 1516%15%17%
15–2410%10%11%
25–4421%20%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+21%28%22%
No diploma21%26%19%
CAP or BEP36%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education17%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Montacher-Villegardin walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.1%

10.4% of the labour force were unemployed, below Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and close to compared French towns (10.1%). Per resident in work, Montacher-Villegardin counts 0.3 jobs (100 jobs, 350 workers). The median disposable income is €26,290 a year per consumption unit.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving85%
Public transport5%
On foot2%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
100
jobs based in Montacher-Villegardin, 0.3 per working resident
10.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Schools

78.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 5 points below the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For the general bac, the closest lycée is 12.4 mi away. The town’s pupils have a collège 3 mi away.

78.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Montacher-Villegardin78.0%
Median of towns87.5%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège du Gâtinais en BourgogneNearest collègeCollègeCollège14278%−5 pts
78.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −5 pts against the expected rate
3 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Montacher-Villegardin is €12.35/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 27 homes were sold in Montacher-Villegardin.

€12.35/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Montacher-Villegardin€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

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Everything we know about Montacher-Villegardin

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Landmarks

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

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Famous people from Montacher-Villegardin

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Montacher-Villegardin yet.

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Montacher-Villegardin’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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ParonCourtenayPont-sur-YonneVilleneuve-la-GuyardDordivesFerrières-en-GâtinaisParonCourtenayPont-sur-YonneVilleneuve-la-GuyardDordivesFerrières-en-GâtinaisMontacher-Villegardin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Montacher-Villegardin719—————
Paron4,83410CC+C+B−
Courtenay Loiret3,77210BB+BC
Pont-sur-Yonne3,39111CB+DC−
Villeneuve-la-Guyard3,45512C−C+B−C
Dordives Loiret3,27712CB+BD
Ferrières-en-Gâtinais Loiret3,83912B−B−A−C

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

About Montacher-Villegardin

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Montacher-Villegardin is a commune of 719 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
719 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
11.3 sq mi (29.1 km²)
INSEE code
89264

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 9, 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.