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A town of 44 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Thorey a good place to live?

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

What makes Thorey stand out

The 2 things Thorey does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Thorey

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

The nearest classé monument is Croix de la fontaine Saint-Georges, in Étourvy, 3.7 mi away.

71% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thorey.

Who lives here

Thorey has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 2.6% are 15 to 24

Retirement age and beyond: nearly half of residents are 65 or older. Children under 15 make up 7.7%, below Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%) alike. Ages in Thorey split evenly at 61.5: half are older, half younger.

61.5median age
ThoreyYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma34%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat17%
Higher education17%

Women and men · all residents

49% women, 51% men

About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Thorey
ThoreyYonne medianFrance median
Under 157.7%15%17%
15–242.6%10%11%
25–4418%20%23%
45–6423%25%26%
65+49%28%22%
No diploma34%26%19%
CAP or BEP31%30%26%
Baccalauréat17%16%18%
Higher education17%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Only 8.3% of commuters in Thorey go to work without a car, fewer than in both Yonne’s towns and compared French towns

Unemployment stood at 14.3%, near Yonne’s towns (13.8%) and higher than compared French towns (10.1%).

8%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving83%
Public transport8%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
Motorbike or scooter0%
0
jobs based in Thorey, 0.4 per working resident
14.3%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
worked without traveling (at or from home)

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

Housing

Estimated advertised rents run lower in Thorey than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €9.00/m² a month

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

Renting a house costs an estimated €7.06/m² a month.

€9.00/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Thorey€9.00/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€9.00/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.06 to €11.46/m² a month)
€7.06/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 Thorey

11pages on Thorey

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Thorey

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

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Thorey’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 →
TonnerreTonnerreThorey
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Thorey44—————
Tonnerre4,2617.3B−A−D−C+

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

About Thorey

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Thorey is a commune of 44 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
44 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Le Tonnerrois en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
2.7 sq mi (7 km²)
INSEE code
89413

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.