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Pontigny keeps more of its old housing than Yonne or compared French towns: 20% built before 1919

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

In the comparison, Pontigny comes above both Yonne’s towns (14%) and compared French towns (7.4%). The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Pontigny: 2 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 0 inscrit (the second level). Among the classé monuments in Pontigny is Abbaye (ancienne).

Pontigny has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.4% are 15 to 24

For Pontigny, that is below both Yonne’s towns (10%) and compared French towns (11%). People 65 and over make up 25% of the town.

Unemployment in Pontigny, 7.1%, runs below Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

Pontigny sits below both Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and compared French towns (10.1%) on this measure. Pontigny has 150 jobs for 300 working residents, 0.4 per worker. 4.3% of commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Pontigny than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €8.69/m² a month

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

That puts Pontigny below both Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²).