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A town of 575 in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

Is Vallery a good place to live?

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

What makes Vallery stand out

The one thing Vallery does most differently from other towns.

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Château de Vallery
Château de Vallery · Classé · Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vallery’s story

Vallery in pictures

Vallery has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

The oldest protected part dates from the 14th century; the first monument here was protected in 1946.

35% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

  • 1946First protected: Château de Vallery
  • 1995Most recently protected: Église Saint-Thomas-de-Cantorbéry
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The data

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History

Old homes shape Vallery: 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.

The protected list starts in the 14th century. Among the classé monuments in Vallery is Château de Vallery. The town has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

2historic monuments

Monuments by protection · Mérimée

Classé1
Inscrit1

Among them · Classé

14th c.
oldest protected part
1946
first monument protected

Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period

Who lives here

Vallery has fewer young adults than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.9% are 15 to 24

Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Yonne’s towns (28%). Under-15s account for 17% of the population. Vallery has a median age of 49.3.

49.3median age
ValleryYonne medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma20%
CAP or BEP31%
Baccalauréat19%
Higher education23%

Women and men · all residents

50% women, 50% men

About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Vallery
ValleryYonne medianFrance median
Under 1517%15%17%
15–247.9%10%11%
25–4420%20%23%
45–6432%25%26%
65+23%28%22%
No diploma20%26%19%
CAP or BEP31%30%26%
Baccalauréat19%16%18%
Higher education23%21%30%

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

Work & commute

Vallery has lower unemployment than Yonne’s towns or compared French towns: 7.2%

At the census, 11.4% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below Yonne’s towns (17.2%) and close to compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs located in Vallery: 100, for 250 residents in work (0.4 each). Median disposable income comes to €26,480 a year per consumption unit.

11%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving82%
Public transport7%
On foot3%
Bicycle2%
Motorbike or scooter2%
100
jobs based in Vallery, 0.4 per working resident
7.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€26,480
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
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 higher in Vallery than in Yonne’s towns or across compared French towns: €13.99/m² a month

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

24 houses and apartments changed hands in Vallery from July 2023 to June 2026. Of the homes sold, 96% were houses.

€13.99/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Vallery€13.99/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Yonne median€10.29/m²
€13.99/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.51 to €17.01/m² a month)
€8.91/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included

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

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Everything we know about Vallery

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Landmarks

Vallery has 2 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list: 1 classé, the highest protection, and 1 inscrit, the second level.

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Photo credits

Église Saint-Thomas-de-Cantorbéry: Photo: François GOGLINS · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Château de Vallery: Photo: Pline · CC BY-SA 3.0

Famous people from Vallery

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

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Vallery’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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Villeneuve-la-GuyardPont-sur-YonneCannes-ÉcluseParonVarennes-sur-SeineMontereau-Fault-YonneVilleneuve-la-GuyardPont-sur-YonneCannes-ÉcluseParonVarennes-sur-SeineMontereau-Fault-YonneVallery
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Vallery575—————
Villeneuve-la-Guyard3,4557.1C−C+B−C
Pont-sur-Yonne3,3917.8CB+DC−
Cannes-Écluse Seine-et-Marne2,7429.2—C−—C
Paron4,83410CC+C+B−
Varennes-sur-Seine Seine-et-Marne3,74811DC−C−C+
Montereau-Fault-Yonne Seine-et-Marne22,27911DC−C−B−

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

About Vallery

Commune in Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Vallery is a commune of 575 people in the Communauté de communes du Gâtinais 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
575 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes du Gâtinais en Bourgogne
Département
Yonne (89)
Région
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Area
4.8 sq mi (12.4 km²)
INSEE code
89428

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.