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A town of 80 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Pisy a good place to live?

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

What makes Pisy stand out

The 2 things Pisy does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Maison-forte
Maison-forte · Classé · Photo: Patrick89 · CC BY-SA 2.5
Pisy’s story

Pisy in pictures

The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pisy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level).

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 2013.

48% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2013First protected: Maison-forte
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Pisy.

Who lives here

Pisy has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 3.8% are 15 to 24

On this, Pisy is below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). 30% of residents are 65 or over.

55.3median age
PisyYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP35%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Pisy
PisyYonne medianFrance median
Under 1515%15%17%
15–243.8%10%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6431%25%26%
65+30%28%22%
No diploma13%26%19%
CAP or BEP35%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education32%21%30%

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

History

Pisy keeps more of its old housing than Yonne or compared French towns: 48% built before 1919

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

In the comparison, Pisy comes above both Yonne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 1 historic monument in Pisy: 1 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Pisy is Maison-forte.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

14th c.
oldest protected part
2013
first monument protected

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

Work & commute

Only 6.7% of commuters in Pisy go to work without a car, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

For Pisy, that is below both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). 9.1% of the labour force are out of work. Pisy has 0 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.1 per worker.

7%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving93%
Public transport7%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Pisy, 0.1 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
0%
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 Pisy than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.81/m² a month

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

Pisy sits below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²) on this measure.

€8.81/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Pisy€8.81/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.81/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.98 to €11.14/m² a month)
€8.35/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 Pisy

11pages on Pisy

Landmarks

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

All monuments →
Photo credits

Maison-forte: Photo: Patrick89 · CC BY-SA 2.5

Famous people from Pisy

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

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Pisy’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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Semur-en-AuxoisMontbardAvallonVenarey-les-LaumesSemur-en-AuxoisMontbardAvallonVenarey-les-LaumesPisy
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Pisy80—————
Semur-en-Auxois Côte-d'Or3,98610A−A−CB−
Montbard Côte-d'Or4,63910BA−C+A−
Avallon6,30512B−A−D−C
Venarey-les-Laumes Côte-d'Or2,74715A−AA+C

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

About Pisy

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Pisy is a commune of 80 people in the Communauté de communes du Serein. 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
80 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Serein
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.7 sq mi (12.2 km²)
INSEE code
89300

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.