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RonchèresYonne

A town of 86 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Population

INSEE, census 2023 · commune

Rent

€8.11

per m² a month · apartments · estimated advertised rents · median of compared French towns €12.41/m²

Walk, cycle, transit

13%

of working residents · median of compared French towns 13%

Is Ronchères a good place to live?

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

What makes Ronchères stand out

The 2 things Ronchères does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Second homes, share of all homes

Homes

45% are second homes

of all homes, against 2% in the median compared French town

Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Residents 65 and over

Who lives here

28% are 65 or over

of residents, against 22% in the median compared French town

Median age 55.6. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

Église Saint-Fiacre de Ronchères · Classé · Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ronchères’ story

Ronchères in pictures

Ronchères has 1 historic monument on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 0 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 16th century; the first monument here was protected in 1984.

55% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

1984First protected: Église Saint-Fiacre de Ronchères

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Ronchères.

Who lives here

Few people in Ronchères are 15 to 24: 7.1%, fewer than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

Children under 15 make up 13% of residents. People 65 and over make up 28% of the town, close to Yonne’s towns (28%) and above compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 30% of adults.

55.6median age

RonchèresYonne medianFrance median

Yonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

28%

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma27%

CAP or BEP35%

Baccalauréat4%

Higher education30%

Women and men · all residents

43% women, 57% men

About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Ronchères
	Ronchères	Yonne median	France median
Under 15	13%	15%	17%
15–24	7.1%	10%	11%
25–44	13%	20%	23%
45–64	38%	25%	26%
65+	28%	28%	22%
No diploma	27%	26%	19%
CAP or BEP	35%	30%	26%
Baccalauréat	4.1%	16%	18%
Higher education	30%	21%	30%

Full pageRonchères’ Who lives here pageOpen the page

Ages55.6 median age · 28% are 65 or over Households50 households · 1.8 people per household Born abroad11% immigrants · Born abroad, not French at birth Questions“What is the population of Ronchères?”

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

History

Ronchères keeps more of its old housing than Yonne or compared French towns: 55% built before 1919

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

Among the classé monuments in Ronchères is Église Saint-Fiacre de Ronchères. Protection here reaches back to the 16th century.

1historic monument

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1

Inscrit0

Among them · Classé

Église Saint-Fiacre de Ronchères 16th–19th c.

16th c.

oldest protected part

1984

first monument protected

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Age of homes55% built before 1919 · Older homes Map1 historic monument Classé1 classé · France’s highest protection Questions“How many historic monuments are there in Ronchères?”

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

Work & commute

Ronchères has fewer jobs than residents in work: 0.6 for each

Unemployment stood at 11.7%, below Yonne’s towns (13.8%) but above compared French towns (10.1%). Bus, tram or train carried 3.2% of working residents in Ronchères to work at the census. At the census, 4.2% of working residents in Ronchères didn’t travel to work at all.

13%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%

On foot6%

Public transport3%

Bicycle3%

Motorbike or scooter0%

jobs based in Ronchères, 0.6 per working resident

11.7%

unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%

worked without traveling (at or from home)

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Getting to work13% walk, cycle or take transit Jobs based here0.6 per working resident

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

Schools

87.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the collège within 5 km, at the expected rate

Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.

For collège, the closest is 2.8 mi away.

87.0%passed the brevet

Brevet pass rate · collèges within 5 km

Ronchères87.0%

Median of towns87.5%

School	Level	Candidates	Passed, 2025
Collège de PuisayeNearest collègeCollège	Collège	79	87%±0 pts

87.0%

passed the brevet at the collèges, ±0 pts against the expected rate

2.8 mi

to the nearest collège from the town center

Full pageRonchères’ schools pageOpen the page

Collèges87.0% passed the brevet · One collège within 5 km

Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte

Housing

Renting in Ronchères costs less than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.11/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 6 homes were sold in Ronchères.

€8.11/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Ronchères€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

Full pageRonchères’ cost of living pageOpen the page

Renting€8.11/m² a month · Estimated advertised apartment rent

Source: Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte

Nearby attractions

Château de Montréal and 4 more in and around Ronchères

Heritage, museums and other places to visit in and near Ronchères. Best known first.

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ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Montréalin town AttractionAttractionChâteau de Saint-Fargeau4 km southwest, in Saint-Fargeau MuseumMuseumMusée de l'Aventure du Son4 km southwest, in Saint-Fargeau MuseumMuseumLa Ferme du Château4.8 km southwest, in Saint-Fargeau ChâteauChâteauChâteau de Dannery3.7 km north, in Saint-Fargeau

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Everything we know about Ronchères

13pages on Ronchères

The big questions

SchoolsOne collèges and 0 lycées within 5 km Health0 GPs · nearest emergency department 19 mi away Housing6 sales on record, the last three years Work & commute0 jobs based here Flood & hazards

Out and about

OutdoorsAttractionsOne place to visit mapped in town ClimateWeather

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 55.6 History1 historic monument Town HallFamous people

Landmarks

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

All monuments →

Église Saint-Fiacre de RonchèresChurch · 16th–19th c.

Classé

Église Saint-FerréolChurch · 13th c. · in Saint-Fargeau, 2.4 mi

Classé

Ferrier antiqueArchaeological site · in Tannerre-en-Puisaye, 5.6 mi

Classé

Église Saint-PrixChurch · 15th c. · in Saints-en-Puisaye, 7.3 mi

Photo credits

Église Saint-Fiacre de Ronchères: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous people from Ronchères

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

How we find them →

Ronchères’ 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 →

ToucyCharny Orée de PuisayeBriareChâtillon-sur-LoireRonchères

How the neighbors grade

Town	People	Miles	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Ronchères	86	—	—	—	—	—
Toucy	2,571	9.8	C⁺	A⁻	C	C⁻
Charny Orée de Puisaye	4,900	16	C⁺	A	B⁺	D
Briare Loiret	4,911	18	C	A⁻	C	B⁻
Châtillon-sur-Loire Loiret	3,065	18	A⁻	A⁻	B⁺	B⁻

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

About Ronchères

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Ronchères is a commune of 86 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: 86 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality: Communauté de communes de Puisaye-Forterre
Département: Yonne (89)
Région: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area: 4.4 sq mi (11.3 km²)
INSEE code: 89325

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.