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FridefontCantal

A town of 103 in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

Is Fridefont a good place to live?

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

What makes Fridefont stand out

The 2 things Fridefont does most differently from other towns.

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Fridefont’s outline. No photo of the town is in our collection yet.
Fridefont’s story

No historic monuments in Fridefont

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

The nearest classé monument is Croix de chemin, in Saint-Juéry, 5.2 mi away.

43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.

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The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Fridefont.

Who lives here

Few people in Fridefont are 15 to 24: 5.9%, fewer than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns

Those 65 and older account for 42% of residents. 19% are under 15, higher than both Cantal’s towns (12%) and compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Fridefont are older than 55.5.

55.5median age
FridefontCantal medianFrance median

Ages · share of residents

Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education

No diploma23%
CAP or BEP37%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education12%

Women and men · all residents

53% women, 47% men

About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.

Ages and diplomas in Fridefont
FridefontCantal medianFrance median
Under 1519%12%17%
15–245.9%10%11%
25–4417%20%23%
45–6415%27%26%
65+42%28%22%
No diploma23%20%19%
CAP or BEP37%27%26%
Baccalauréat23%19%18%
Higher education12%26%30%

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

Work & commute

25.6% of commuters in Fridefont go to work without a car, more than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns

Fridefont has 50 jobs for 50 working residents, 0.9 per worker. No commute at all: 7.7% of working residents here at the census. The unemployment rate comes to 9.8%.

26%walk, cycle or take transit

How working residents got to work · census 2023

Driving64%
On foot26%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport0%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Fridefont, 0.9 per working resident
9.8%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
8%
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 Fridefont costs less than in Cantal’s towns and across compared French towns, at an estimated advertised €8.24/m² a month

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

Sales in Fridefont from July 2023 to June 2026: 2 houses and apartments.

€8.24/m²estimated apartment rent a month

Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month

Fridefont€8.24/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Cantal median€9.36/m²
€8.24/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€6.32 to €10.75/m² a month)
€7.00/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 Fridefont

11pages on Fridefont

Landmarks

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

Its history page →

Famous people from Fridefont

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

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Fridefont’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 Cantal →
Saint-FlourSaint-Chély-d'ApcherSaint-FlourSaint-Chély-d'ApcherFridefont
How the neighbors grade
TownPeopleMilesOverallCostSafetyHealth
Fridefont103—————
Saint-Flour6,3919.4A+ABB+
Saint-Chély-d'Apcher Lozère3,95511A+B+B+A−

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

About Fridefont

Commune in Cantal, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Fridefont is a commune of 103 people in the Saint-Flour Communauté. 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
103 (INSEE, census 2023)
Intercommunality
Saint-Flour Communauté
Département
Cantal (15)
Région
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Area
6.4 sq mi (16.6 km²)
INSEE code
15073

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.