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A town of 559 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Noé a good place to live?

Noé is too small to grade: French towns get subject grades from 1,000 residents.

Polissoir dit des Fainéants
Polissoir dit des Fainéants · Classé · Photo: Edouard Hergy · CC BY-SA 3.0
Noé’s story

Noé in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Noé: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from prehistory; the first monument here was protected in 1938.

21% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1938First protected: Polissoir dit des Fainéants
  • 1939Most recently protected: Menhir dit La Haute-Borne ou La Borne-Percée
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Noé.

Who lives here

A younger town: only 17% of people in Noé are 65 or over, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns

21% of adults hold a degree, about level with Yonne’s towns (21%) and below compared French towns (30%). Under 15: 20% of residents. Those aged 15 to 24 account for 7.7% of residents.

41.6median age
NoéYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma21%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education21%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

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

Ages and diplomas in Noé
NoéYonne medianFrance median
Under 1520%15%17%
15–247.7%10%11%
25–4427%20%23%
45–6428%25%26%
65+17%28%22%
No diploma21%26%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%16%18%
Higher education21%21%30%

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

History

Noé keeps more of its old housing than Yonne or compared French towns: 21% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Noé is Menhir dit La Haute-Borne ou La Borne-Percée. Protection here reaches back to prehistory.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé2
Inscrit0
Prehistory
oldest protected part
1938
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Noé than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 4.3%

Nearly a tenth of people in the labour force have no job. Half of residents lived on more than €25,820 a year per consumption unit, higher than Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and near compared French towns (€25,970). No commute at all: 2.2% of working residents in Noé at the census.

4%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Public transport4%
Motorbike or scooter0%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Noé, 0.1 per working resident
8.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,820
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
2%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Noé is €10.70/m² a month

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

The sales split: 80% houses, the rest apartments. Noé recorded 15 home sales from July 2023 to June 2026.

€10.70/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Noé€10.70/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€10.70/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€8.90 to €12.86/m² a month)
€9.99/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 Noé

11pages on Noé

Landmarks

The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Noé: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

All monuments →
Photo credits

Menhir dit La Haute-Borne ou La Borne-Percée: Photo: Edouard Hergy · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Polissoir dit des Fainéants: Photo: Edouard Hergy · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Noé

Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Noé yet.

How we find them →

Noé’s neighbors

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

All towns in Yonne →
SensSaint-ClémentParonVilleneuve-sur-YonnePont-sur-YonneJoignySensSaint-ClémentParonVilleneuve-sur-YonnePont-sur-YonneJoignyNoé
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Noé559—————
Sens27,1065.4C−C+DC+
Saint-Clément2,8496C+C+C+B
Paron4,8346.8CC+C+B−
Villeneuve-sur-Yonne5,1357.1DB+DC
Pont-sur-Yonne3,39112CB+DC−
Joigny9,01613DB+D−D

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

About Noé

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Noé is a commune of 559 people in the Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais. 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
559 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Sénonais
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3.3 sq mi (8.6 km²)
INSEE code
89278

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 October 30, 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.