Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Sermizelles.
Who lives here
Sermizelles has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 5.4% are 15 to 24
19% of adults hold a degree, below both Yonne’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (30%). The 65-and-over age group makes up 27% of residents. The share of residents under 15 is 16%.
50.1median age
SermizellesYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
27%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma23%
CAP or BEP40%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education19%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Old homes shape Sermizelles: 26% were built before 1919, more than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sermizelles has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Orient. Protection here reaches back to the 19th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commute
Unemployment in Sermizelles, 4.3%, runs below Yonne’s towns and compared French towns
3.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). Per resident in work, Sermizelles counts 0.3 jobs (50 jobs, 100 workers). At the census, 1.9% of working residents in Sermizelles didn’t travel to work at all.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving94%
On foot3%
Bicycle1%
Public transport0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Sermizelles, 0.3 per working resident
4.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,260
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Sermizelles
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sermizelles is a commune of 248 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
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.
