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It is a town of 272 residents in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Moulins-sur-Ouanne a good place to live?

Moulins-sur-Ouanne has no grades yet: French towns are graded from 1,000 residents up. Second homes make up a tenth of its housing.

What makes Moulins-sur-Ouanne stand out

The one thing Moulins-sur-Ouanne does most differently from other towns.

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Moulins-sur-Ouanne’s story

No historic monuments in Moulins-sur-Ouanne

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Sébastien, in Parly, 4 mi away.

26% 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 Moulins-sur-Ouanne.

Who lives here

Students and young workers shape Moulins-sur-Ouanne: 11% are 15 to 24, above Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

A quarter of residents are 65 or over, below Yonne’s towns (28%) but above compared French towns (22%). Among adults, 31% have a degree. Line up the people of Moulins-sur-Ouanne by age and the one in the middle is 49.4.

49.4median age
Moulins-sur-OuanneYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP32%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education31%

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Moulins-sur-Ouanne
Moulins-sur-OuanneYonne medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–2411%10%11%
25–4419%20%23%
45–6430%25%26%
65+25%28%22%
No diploma13%26%19%
CAP or BEP32%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education31%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 6.0% of commuters in Moulins-sur-Ouanne go to work without a car, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

9.0% of the labour force were unemployed, below Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) alike. Moulins-sur-Ouanne has 50 jobs for 100 working residents, 0.4 per worker. Median disposable income comes to €24,480 a year per consumption unit.

6%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving89%
On foot4%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Moulins-sur-Ouanne, 0.4 per working resident
9.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,480
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

Schools

81.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, 8 points below the expected rate

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

The bac pass rate near Moulins-sur-Ouanne is 98.0%, above both Yonne’s towns (91.8%) and compared French towns (92.9%). A collège lies 2.8 mi away.

98%passed the bac (general and technological)

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Moulins-sur-Ouanne81.0%
Median of towns87.5%

Bac pass rate · lycées within 5 km

Moulins-sur-Ouanne98.0%
Median of towns92.9%
SchoolLevelCandidatesPassed, 2025
Collège Pierre LarousseNearest collègeCollègeCollège7781%−8 pts
Lycée général et technologique Pierre LarousseNearest lycéeGeneral lycéeGeneral lycée12398%+1 pt
98%
passed the general and technological bac, +1 pt against the expected rate
81.0%
passed the brevet at the collèges, −8 pts against the expected rate
2.8 mi
to the nearest collège from the town center

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

Housing

Renting in Moulins-sur-Ouanne costs less than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.11/m² a month

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

9 houses and apartments changed hands in Moulins-sur-Ouanne from July 2023 to June 2026. A house rents for an estimated €8.70/m² a month.

€8.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Moulins-sur-Ouanne€8.11/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.58 to €10.01/m² a month)
€8.70/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 Moulins-sur-Ouanne

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Landmarks

Nothing in Moulins-sur-Ouanne is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Moulins-sur-Ouanne

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Moulins-sur-Ouanne yet.

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Moulins-sur-Ouanne’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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ToucySaint-Georges-sur-BaulcheAuxerreMontholonAppoignyMonéteauToucySaint-Georges-sur-BaulcheAuxerreMontholonAppoignyMonéteauMoulins-sur-Ouanne
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Moulins-sur-Ouanne272—————
Toucy2,5712.6C+A−CC−
Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche3,15111AB−A−B+
Auxerre35,09712C−BDC+
Montholon2,70913BAAD
Appoigny3,11414AB+AB
Monéteau4,11415B+BC−B

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

About Moulins-sur-Ouanne

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Moulins-sur-Ouanne is a commune of 272 people in the Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre. 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
272 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.9 sq mi (10.1 km²)
INSEE code
89272

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 8, 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.