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FépinArdennes

A town of 233 in Ardennes, Grand Est.

Is Fépin a good place to live?

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

What makes Fépin stand out

The 2 things Fépin does most differently from other towns.

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

No historic monuments in Fépin

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

The nearest classé monument is Haut-fourneau, in Haybes, 0.7 mi away.

19% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

Explore the history →
Nearby attractions

Château des comtes de Bryas and 13 more in and around Fépin

Other places to visit, heritage and museums in and near Fépin. Best known first.

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Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fépin.

Who lives here

Fépin skews young, with 14% of residents aged 15 to 24, more than in both Ardennes’ towns and compared French towns

Graduates make up 18% of adults. 23% of residents are 65 or over, about level with compared French towns (22%) and below Ardennes’ towns (25%). Half of Fépin is older than 49.6, half younger.

49.6median age
FépinArdennes medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma25%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education18%

Women and men · all residents

47% women, 53% men

About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.

Ages and diplomas in Fépin
FépinArdennes medianFrance median
Under 1514%16%17%
15–2414%10%11%
25–4417%22%23%
45–6432%27%26%
65+23%25%22%
No diploma25%30%19%
CAP or BEP30%28%26%
Baccalauréat22%16%18%
Higher education18%17%30%

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

Work & commute

Walking, cycling and public transport carry fewer commuters in Fépin than in Ardennes’ towns or compared French towns: 5.4%

The median disposable income was €22,790 a year per consumption unit, between Ardennes’ towns (€21,390) and compared French towns (€25,970). Unemployment runs at 14.8%.

5%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving94%
Public transport5%
Motorbike or scooter1%
On foot0%
Bicycle0%
0
jobs based in Fépin, 0.1 per working resident
14.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€22,790
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
0%
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 Fépin costs less than in both Ardennes’ towns and compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €6.83/m² a month

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

Between July 2023 and June 2026, buyers took 10 homes in Fépin.

€6.83/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fépin€6.83/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Ardennes median€8.19/m²
€6.83/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€5.37 to €8.68/m² a month)
€8.09/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 Fépin

12pages on Fépin

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Fépin

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

How we find them →

Fépin’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 Ardennes →
FumayRevinGivetBogny-sur-MeuseNouzonvilleCharleville-MézièresFumayRevinGivetBogny-sur-MeuseNouzonvilleCharleville-MézièresFépin
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fépin233—————
Fumay3,0862.6C+A+C−D
Revin5,7167CA+C+C
Givet6,3649.3AABA+
Bogny-sur-Meuse4,88912C+A+C+D
Nouzonville5,52314B−A+B−D
Charleville-Mézières45,56018DB+DD

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

About Fépin

Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est

Fépin is a commune of 233 people in the Communauté de communes Ardenne, Rives de Meuse. 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
233 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Communauté de communes Ardenne, Rives de Meuse
Département
Ardennes (08)
Région
Grand Est
Area
2.3 sq mi (5.9 km²)
INSEE code
08166

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.