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A town of 89 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Stigny a good place to live?

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

What makes Stigny stand out

The 2 things Stigny does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data
Stigny’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Stigny’s story

No historic monuments in Stigny

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

The nearest classé monument is Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, in Chassignelles, 2.5 mi away.

Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2008.

78% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 2008The protected historic area is created
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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Stigny.

Who lives here

Children make up only 6.7% of Stigny, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

For Stigny, that is below both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). People 65 and over make up 35% of the town.

59.5median age
StignyYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP27%
Baccalauréat15%
Higher education29%

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Stigny
StignyYonne medianFrance median
Under 156.7%15%17%
15–249%10%11%
25–4411%20%23%
45–6438%25%26%
65+35%28%22%
No diploma23%26%19%
CAP or BEP27%30%26%
Baccalauréat15%16%18%
Higher education29%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Fewer commuters in Stigny walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 8.8%

Stigny sits below both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%) on this measure. Unemployment stands at 12.8%. Stigny has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 1 per worker.

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving68%
Public transport6%
On foot3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Stigny, 1 per working resident
12.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
21%
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 Stigny costs less than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.20/m² a month

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

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

€8.20/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Stigny€8.20/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.20/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.00 to €11.22/m² a month)
€7.16/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Nearby attractions

Abbaye de Jully-les-Nonnains and 3 more in and around Stigny

Heritage and museums in and near Stigny. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
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Everything we know about Stigny

12pages on Stigny

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Stigny

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

How we find them →

Stigny’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 →
MontbardTonnerreChâtillon-sur-SeineMontbardTonnerreChâtillon-sur-SeineStigny
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Stigny89—————
Montbard Côte-d'Or4,63911BA−C+A−
Tonnerre4,26113B−A−D−C+
Châtillon-sur-Seine Côte-d'Or5,44317AA+C+B

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

About Stigny

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Stigny is a commune of 89 people in the Communauté de communes Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne. 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
89 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
7 sq mi (18 km²)
INSEE code
89403

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.