Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
103 people call this town in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté home.
At under 1,000 residents, Pierre-Perthuis is too small for the grades other French towns get. Holiday and other second homes account for just over a quarter of homes. People aged 65 and over make up 31% of residents.
The 2 things Pierre-Perthuis does most differently from other towns.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Pierre-Perthuis: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
22% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Heritage, other places to visit and museums in and near Pierre-Perthuis. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pierre-Perthuis.
A fifth of adults hold a degree. People 65 and over make up 31% of the town, higher than both Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Ages in Pierre-Perthuis split evenly at 52.1: half are older, half younger.
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Pierre-Perthuis | Yonne median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 6.5% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 20% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 25% | 26% |
| 65+ | 31% | 28% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 26% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 30% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 20% | 21% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Pierre-Perthuis: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments locally is Pont sur la Cure (vieux).
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
At the census, 12.5% of working residents in Pierre-Perthuis didn’t travel to work at all. Public transport took 2.1% of Pierre-Perthuis’ working residents to work at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
From July 2023 to June 2026, 4 homes were sold in Pierre-Perthuis.
Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Pierre-Perthuis: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 1 inscrit (the second level).
Château (ancien): Photo: Chau7 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pont sur la Cure (vieux): Photo: Buddy21 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wikidata has nobody with a French article born in Pierre-Perthuis yet.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre-Perthuis | 103 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avallon | 6,305 | 6.6 | B− | A− | D− | C |
| Clamecy Nièvre | 3,544 | 13 | C | A+ | D− | C− |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Pierre-Perthuis is a commune of 103 people in the Communauté de communes Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan. 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
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.
