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A town of 368 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Rouvray a good place to live?

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

Rouvray’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Rouvray’s story

No historic monuments in Rouvray

The Culture ministry lists no building in Rouvray as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.

The nearest classé monument is Abbaye (ancienne), in Pontigny, 2.2 mi away.

30% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Rouvray.

Who lives here

Few people in Rouvray are 15 to 24: 8.4%, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

20% of residents are 65 or over. Children under 15 make up 18%, higher than both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up nearly a third of adults.

45.3median age
RouvrayYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma10%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education32%

Women and men · all residents

48% women, 52% men

About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Rouvray
RouvrayYonne medianFrance median
Under 1518%15%17%
15–248.4%10%11%
25–4423%20%23%
45–6430%25%26%
65+20%28%22%
No diploma9.6%26%19%
CAP or BEP33%30%26%
Baccalauréat22%16%18%
Higher education32%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Rouvray has lower unemployment than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.0%

Half of residents lived on more than €27,250 a year per consumption unit, above both Yonne’s towns (€23,390) and compared French towns (€25,970). For its 200 residents in work, Rouvray has 50 jobs: 0.4 each. Walking, cycling and public transport carried 2.8% of commuters at the census.

3%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving95%
Public transport2%
Bicycle1%
On foot0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Rouvray, 0.4 per working resident
7.0%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,250
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

Renting in Rouvray costs less than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €9.15/m² a month

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

House rents are put at about €8.12/m² a month. Sales in Rouvray from July 2023 to June 2026: 10 houses and apartments.

€9.15/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Rouvray€9.15/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€9.15/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.38 to €11.34/m² a month)
€8.12/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Chateau De La Resle and 3 more in and around Rouvray

Heritage and other places to visit in and near Rouvray. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Keep exploring

Everything we know about Rouvray

12pages on Rouvray

Landmarks

Nothing in Rouvray is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.

Its history page →

Famous people from Rouvray

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

How we find them →

Rouvray’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 →
MonéteauAppoignyBrienon-sur-ArmançonSaint-FlorentinAuxerreMigennesMonéteauAppoignyBrienon-sur-ArmançonSaint-FlorentinAuxerreMigennesRouvray
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Rouvray368—————
Monéteau4,1145.4B+BC−B
Appoigny3,1146.9AB+AB
Brienon-sur-Armançon3,0327.2B−A+CB−
Saint-Florentin4,1647.7B−A+DC
Auxerre35,0978.3C−BDC+
Migennes6,6888.6C−B+DC−

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

About Rouvray

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Rouvray is a commune of 368 people in the Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs. 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
368 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Chablis Villages et Terroirs
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
3 sq mi (7.7 km²)
INSEE code
89328

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.