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TharoiseauYonne

A town of 66 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Tharoiseau a good place to live?

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

What makes Tharoiseau stand out

The 2 things Tharoiseau does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Tharoiseau

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

The nearest classé monument is Chapelle du Saulce, in Island, 1 mi away.

43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine and 15 more in and around Tharoiseau

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

All attractions →
Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tharoiseau.

Who lives here

Fewer children live in Tharoiseau than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 9.3% are under 15

People 65 and over make up 33% of the town, above both Yonne’s towns (28%) and compared French towns (22%). Those aged 15 to 24 account for 8% of residents. 48% of adults hold a degree.

55.5median age
TharoiseauYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma13%
CAP or BEP14%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education48%

Women and men · all residents

41% women, 59% men

About 70 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Tharoiseau
TharoiseauYonne medianFrance median
Under 159.3%15%17%
15–248%10%11%
25–4415%20%23%
45–6435%25%26%
65+33%28%22%
No diploma13%26%19%
CAP or BEP14%30%26%
Baccalauréat20%16%18%
Higher education48%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Tharoiseau has higher unemployment than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 16.2%

At the census, 8.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, lower than both Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%).

9%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving77%
On foot6%
Public transport3%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Tharoiseau, 0.4 per working resident
16.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
11%
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 Tharoiseau costs less than in Yonne’s towns or compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.42/m² a month

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

From July 2023 to June 2026, 4 homes were sold in Tharoiseau. A house rents for an estimated €7.02/m² a month.

€8.42/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Tharoiseau€8.42/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€8.42/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.92 to €10.26/m² a month)
€7.02/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Tharoiseau

12pages on Tharoiseau

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Tharoiseau

One notable person was born in Tharoiseau.

Their page →

Tharoiseau’s neighbors

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →

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AvallonClamecyAvallonClamecyTharoiseau
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Tharoiseau66—————
Avallon6,3055.3B−A−D−C
Clamecy Nièvre3,54413CA+D−C−

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

About Tharoiseau

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Tharoiseau is a commune of 66 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

Population
66 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Avallon, Vézelay, Morvan
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
1.3 sq mi (3.5 km²)
INSEE code
89409

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.