On 1 January 2021, the estimated population was 114.
Hamlets
In addition to the village, Cessy-les-Bois includes several hamlets and isolated dwellings: Bondieuse, Chevenet, les Dubois, Montignon, Paray, la Redouterie.
Local culture and heritage
Places and monuments
Church of Saint-Christophe : built 1st half of the 16th century and 19th century; registered as historic monument on 29 March 1971.[4]· .[5]
Priory: the exact location of the old monastery of Cessy remains to be determined. Two theories are opposed: according to one, the priory, destroyed in 1569, was located on the site of the current town hall; according to Abbot Charrault (abbé Charrault), local historian, it was located in Montignon, on a hillside.
Known people linked to the village
Haimo of Auxerre, prior of Cessy from 865 to 875, theologian and exegete
Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (1618-1693), philosopher and letter writer, pamphleteer, satirist, libertine, member of the French Academy and lord of Cessy.
Poet and pamphleteer, Jacques Carpentier de Marigny (1615 / 1670), prior of Cessy-les-Bois, Coche, Saint-Malo-en-Donziois, Vielmanay.
