Half of Fontette is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 24% of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. Fontette is home to 178 residents in 79 households, by the 2023 Census. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; here, 4.9%.
Throughout this page, the Aube median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Fontette
An older town
Half of Fontette’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 78% of compared French towns grew faster than Fontette: −2%
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
In two steps, +13% to 2017 and −14% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Aube.
6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontette 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Fontette has 31%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns, at 5.9%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Fontette comes in at 29%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Fontette: 20% of homes stand empty, above 99% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
51% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 3.7% moved in within the last two years. On second homes, Fontette sits higher than 76% of compared French towns: 4.8%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €55,870 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The median standard of living in Fontette is €55,870 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fontette: 53% of households are headed by a retired person, above 98% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (18%), Fontette is above 73% of compared French towns. 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in eight. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
In Fontette, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
61% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
14% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Fontette, 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
Adults with no qualification make up 33%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 178 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Fontette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontette | 54.5 | 31% | 4.8% | 1.6% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 10.8 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 11.4 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 15.5 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Fontette
What is the population of Fontette?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (182).
How old are Fontette’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontette?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontette?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontette?
€55,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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