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In Ardennes, Grand Est, this town has 1,023 residents.
Buying a home costs less than in most towns: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.3 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Add walkability to its strengths (B+): 85% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Where it falls short is jobs & income (D) — 0.7 jobs per working resident; 13.9% unemployment. Health is a weak point: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 5% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025). Maubert-Fontaine 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.
The one thing Maubert-Fontaine does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Maubert-Fontaine 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.
Maubert-Fontaine has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Maubert-Fontaine as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bornes de Saint-Rémi, in Chilly, 2 mi away.
18% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maubert-Fontaine.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The estimated advertised rent is €7.88/m² a month, near Ardennes’ towns (€8.19/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²). A house rents for an estimated €6.39/m² a month. The market in Maubert-Fontaine: 37 sales of houses and apartments between July 2023 and June 2026.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €777/m² | 36 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Maubert-Fontaine has one family doctor. Ages and care homes taken into account, deaths in Maubert-Fontaine come to 105 per 100 predicted. 95 deaths in the town between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 90: 5% above. Life expectancy in Ardennes: 84.6 years for women and 77.7 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · TownRatings makes the care-home adjustment itself; it is a model, not an official statistic. A less sure grade: it could be anywhere from D− to B−.
13.9% of the labour force were unemployed, between Ardennes’ towns (18.5%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Median disposable income comes to €22,370 a year per consumption unit. No commute at all: 6.0% of working residents in Maubert-Fontaine at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
21% of residents are 65 or over, below Ardennes’ towns (25%) and close to compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 16% of adults. At 41.9, the median resident of Maubert-Fontaine sits in the middle of the age range.
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
| Maubert-Fontaine | Ardennes median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 20% | 16% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 26% |
| 65+ | 21% | 25% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 30% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 32% | 28% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Higher education | 16% | 17% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Ardennes median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Maubert-Fontaine is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
2 notable people were born in Maubert-Fontaine.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maubert-Fontaine | 1,023 | — | — | A+ | — | D |
| Revin | 5,716 | 10 | C | A+ | C+ | C |
| Saint-Michel Aisne | 3,199 | 13 | C | A | C− | D |
| Fumay | 3,086 | 14 | C+ | A+ | C− | D |
| Nouzonville | 5,523 | 15 | B− | A+ | B− | D |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse | 4,889 | 15 | C+ | A+ | C+ | D |
| Charleville-Mézières | 45,560 | 15 | D | B+ | D | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Maubert-Fontaine has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 4.1 recorded violent incidents and 11.8 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maubert-Fontaine grades A+ for cost of living.
Commune in Ardennes, Grand Est
Maubert-Fontaine is a commune of 1,023 people in the Communauté de communes Ardennes Thiérache. 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
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · 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 November 4, 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.