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268 residents make their home in this town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Moutiers-en-Puisaye a good place to live?

Moutiers-en-Puisaye isn’t graded: grades begin at 1,000 residents. 37% of homes here are second homes. It skews older: 33% of residents are 65 or over.

What makes Moutiers-en-Puisaye stand out

The 2 things Moutiers-en-Puisaye does most differently from other towns.

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Église · Classé · Photo: Camster2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Moutiers-en-Puisaye’s story

Moutiers-en-Puisaye in pictures

Moutiers-en-Puisaye has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 18th century; the first monument here was protected in 1862.

47% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1985First protected: Four à poterie de la Bâtisse
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Nearby attractions

Four à poterie de La Bâtisse and 11 more in and around Moutiers-en-Puisaye

Museums, other places to visit and family days out in and near Moutiers-en-Puisaye. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Moutiers-en-Puisaye.

Who lives here

Moutiers-en-Puisaye has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.8% are 15 to 24

11% are under 15, below both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Among adults, 22% have a degree. Moutiers-en-Puisaye has a median age of 55.9 years.

55.9median age
Moutiers-en-PuisayeYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education22%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Moutiers-en-Puisaye
Moutiers-en-PuisayeYonne medianFrance median
Under 1511%15%17%
15–244.8%10%11%
25–4416%20%23%
45–6434%25%26%
65+33%28%22%
No diploma23%26%19%
CAP or BEP30%30%26%
Baccalauréat15%16%18%
Higher education22%21%30%

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

History

Moutiers-en-Puisaye keeps more of its old housing than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 47% built before 1919

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

Moutiers-en-Puisaye has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. The protected list starts in the 18th century.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1
18th 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

Unemployment in Moutiers-en-Puisaye, 15.4%, runs above Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

At the census, 6.8% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Moutiers-en-Puisaye holds 50 jobs; 100 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Per consumption unit, the median disposable income is €24,980 a year.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving80%
On foot5%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle1%
50
jobs based in Moutiers-en-Puisaye, 0.7 per working resident
15.4%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,980
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
13%
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 Moutiers-en-Puisaye than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.11/m² a month

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

Moutiers-en-Puisaye recorded 20 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€8.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Moutiers-en-Puisaye€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)
€8.14/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 Moutiers-en-Puisaye

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Landmarks

The list names few of Moutiers-en-Puisaye’s 2 monuments; beside them, the nearest classé monuments in other towns, within 15.5 mi.

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Famous people from Moutiers-en-Puisaye

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Moutiers-en-Puisaye yet.

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Moutiers-en-Puisaye’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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ToucyToucyMoutiers-en-Puisaye
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Moutiers-en-Puisaye268—————
Toucy2,57110C+A−CC−

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

About Moutiers-en-Puisaye

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Moutiers-en-Puisaye is a commune of 268 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
268 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
12.3 sq mi (31.8 km²)
INSEE code
89273

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.