Where it does best is cost of living (A): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It lags on health as well (C+) — after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 7% below expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Homes change hands at a median €1,220/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Thorigny-sur-Oreuse has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Thorigny-sur-Oreuse with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse.
HousingCost of living A
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse earns an A for cost of living
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €9.83/m² a month, about level with Yonne’s towns (€10.29/m²) and below compared French towns (€12.41/m²). House rents are put at about €7.93/m² a month. Of the homes sold, 70% were houses.
€1,220/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse€1,220/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Yonne median€1,433/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€1,226/m²
62
€9.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€7.73 to €12.49/m² a month)
3.3
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€7.93/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,590
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes Yonne Nord
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Few people in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse are 15 to 24: 8.2%, fewer than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns
29% of residents have reached 65. Children under 15 make up 13%, lower than both Yonne’s towns (15%) and compared French towns (17%). Graduates make up 20% of adults.
50.7median age
Thorigny-sur-OreuseYonne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
29%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat20%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Yonne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income D
Fewer people in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse are out of work than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: 9.1%
7.3% of commuters left the car at home at the census, walking, cycling or taking public transport. Half of residents lived on more than €25,290 a year per consumption unit, about level with compared French towns (€25,970) and above Yonne’s towns (€23,390). At the census, 3.8% of working residents in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse didn’t travel to work at all.
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving88%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
200
jobs based in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse, 0.3 per working resident
9.1%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,290
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
4%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 33% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth C+
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse has a higher adjusted death rate than 64% of compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
For a family doctor, residents of Thorigny-sur-Oreuse have one GP on hand. Adjusted for age and care homes, Thorigny-sur-Oreuse records 93 deaths per 100 expected, close to Yonne’s towns (95) and above compared French towns (88). 192 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 206: 7% below. The nearest emergency department to Thorigny-sur-Oreuse is Ch Sens, 7.7 mi away.
−7%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw93
Adjusted93
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Thorigny-sur-Oreuse · 1.7 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
7.7 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Ch Sens
7.7 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Ch Sens
84.2 · 78.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Yonne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Thorigny-sur-Oreuse: 35% were built before 1919, more than in Yonne’s towns and across compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse has 3 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 2 inscrit, the second level. Among the classé monuments in the town is Château de Fleurigny. Protection here reaches back to the 15th century.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Thorigny-sur-Oreuse
Is Thorigny-sur-Oreuse safe?
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 3.5 recorded violent incidents and 9.5 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Thorigny-sur-Oreuse expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Thorigny-sur-Oreuse grades A for cost of living.
About Thorigny-sur-Oreuse
Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Thorigny-sur-Oreuse is a commune of 1,396 people in the Communauté de communes Yonne Nord. 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.
